The resettlement net: ‘revolving door’ imprisonment and carceral (re)circulation

• Published in: Punishment & society Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 223 - 240
• Main Author: Cracknell, Matt
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Case studies; Community; Criminal justice; Criminal justice system; Imprisonment; Legislation; Mobility; Recidivism; Rehabilitation; Relocation; Rhetoric; Supervision; Surveillance; Welfare; United Kingdom > UK; England; Wales; resettlement; re-entry; short sentences; braiding; the resettlement net; carceral mobility; net widening; revolving door imprisonment; punishment in society

The Offender Rehabilitation Act (ORA) 2014 has extended post-release supervision to all individuals serving short sentences in England and Wales – a cohort who previously faced neglect within the criminal justice system. This empirical study uses a case study approach to explore the resettlement exp...