What are the major needs faced by ex-offenders during the reentry process?

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What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

They need housing, clothing, and food. They may be eager to re-establish
relationships with friends, family members, and in some cases, their children. In
addition, they have obligations as part of her release—appointments with their parole
officer and treatment requirements. In addition, the majority of offenders find themselves
returning to the same communities in which they lived prior to their incarceration, where
they face the same problems of poverty, addiction, and dysfunction. Finding safe and
affordable housing is challenging and many of the available options place them at risk
for relapse and recidivism. They lack coping skills to deal with the realities of the life
stressors that awaited them upon their release, and they have significant difficulty
finding employment.