The Halfway House: A Historical, Canadian, and International Perspective
Author: R. E. Bob Brown.
Source: Volume 20, Number 01, Fall 2010 , pp.5-10(6)
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Abstract:
A focus on improving and providing accommodation, employment, and training opportunities for inmates invariably improves the effectiveness of the final pre-release arrangements yet pre-release and resettlement responsibilities are often overlooked in prisons as too subordinate to other duties. Filling this role, halfway houses provide critically important transition programs to help offenders reenter the community. This article reviews the current state of halfway house regimes in Canada, Australia, Japan, and China, where the author is International Advisor to the 200-bed Sunshine Halfway House in the Chaoyang District of Beijing.Keywords: Halfway house; transition programs
Affiliations:
1: Sunshine Halfway House.