More Than a Roof: A Critical Review of Post-Prison Housing Provision in Aotearoa New Zealand
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Mills, Alice
Lindsay, Cinnamon
Gordon, Grace
Groot, Shiloh
Milne, Barry
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Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand (SAANZ)
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Many people in prisons in Aotearoa New Zealand will have nowhere to go on release and few will settle into long-term accommodation. Post-release stable housing has been linked with reduced rates of recidivism, but up until recently, has received little official attention in Aotearoa New Zealand. This article provides a critical evaluation of the provision of post-prison housing in Aotearoa New Zealand. It examines the substantial barriers to finding stable accommodation faced by those leaving prison and argues that current post-prison housing provision is inadequate, inflexible and precarious, and largely unsuitable for Māori. It concludes that substantial reforms to post-prison housing are needed, including the introduction of Māori-led, whānau-centred initiatives, to break the cycle of homelessness and recidivism.
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Prison, stable housing, reintegration, Aotearoa New Zealand, transitional housing
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New Zealand Sociology, 36(1), 1-24.
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Copyright (c) 2021 Alice Mills, Cinnamon Lindsay, Grace Gordon, Shiloh Groot, Barry Milne. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
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