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Abstract: 

Suitable housing for offenders upon release from prison is linked with positive re-entry outcomes. What happens to sex offenders who have nowhere to go? This article discusses one state’s solution to providing housing to sex offenders without adequate home plans by operating state-sponsored transitional living facilities. Data from qualitative interviews with offenders residing in these facilitiesdetails their experiences, highlighting ways in which the programming could be more supportive of sex offender re-entry.

Keywords: Community release centers; stigma; halfway houses

Affiliations:  1: University of Missouri-St. Louis; 2: University of Missouri-St. Louis.