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Increase in the Length of Incarceration and the Subsequent Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Men Released from Illinois State Prisons
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Jung, Haeil – Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2011
The sharp rise in U.S. incarceration rates has heightened long-standing concerns among scholars and policymakers that lengthy incarceration permanently harms the future labor market outcomes of prisoners. If true, then lengthy prison sentences will not only punish criminals for crimes committed, but will also make it far more difficult for…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Males, Reentry Workers