Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative and sex offenders: An exploratory study of a sex offender transition program

摘要

Sex offenders are a group of individuals that are not respected by most of society in the United States. Even though there has been an abundance of research involving sex offenders, no research has been conducted on the Upper Peninsula Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative (UPMPRI) involving sex offenders. This study's intent is to determine whether UPMPRI is beneficial from the view point of the sex offender parolees in the areas of housing, employment, and transportation. Interviews were conducted with twenty paroled sex offenders whom volunteered for this study. The interviews resulted in many different opinions of the program with ninety percent of parolees reporting overall satisfaction with the UPMPRI. Other variables discussed during the interviews included transportation between prisons, GPS and tethers, family support, and support from their parole officers, sex offender counselors, and other mentors of the program.