The Impact of COVID-19 on Justice-Involved African Americans

IF 1.1 Q3 SOCIAL WORK

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation Pub Date : 2023-03-28 DOI:10.1080/10509674.2023.2193436

Precious Skinner-Osei

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Abstract This study aimed to explore the impact of COVID-19 on justice-involved African Americans during incarceration and post-release. The study population comprised 25 African American men and women recently released from prison. A qualitative phenomenological approach was employed, and the reflexive thematic analysis process was utilized. In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted and imported into NVivo 11 qualitative research software. The analysis revealed four major themes: stress, reentry, substance use, and community adjustment. The findings implied a need for (1) policy creation and revision to prepare jails and prisons for public health crises; (2) more realistic post-release coping strategies to prepare individuals to face post-release obstacles, such as COVID-19, housing, employment, relapse, and social reintegration; (3) improvements in data collection and transparency in disseminating such data to enhance healthcare services in jails and prisons; and (4) additional evidence-based research to address current concerns with data availability, misreporting, reporting delays, testing rate differences, and inconsistencies in population estimates.

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新冠肺炎对司法的影响——陷入困境的非裔美国人

摘要本研究旨在探讨新冠肺炎对非裔美国人在监禁和释放期间参与司法的影响。研究对象包括25名最近从监狱获释的非裔美国人。采用了定性现象学方法，并采用了反身主题分析过程。此外，还进行了半结构化访谈，并将其导入NVivo 11定性研究软件。分析揭示了四个主要主题：压力、重返社会、药物使用和社区调整。调查结果表明，有必要（1）制定和修订政策，为监狱和监狱应对公共卫生危机做好准备；（2）更现实的释放后应对策略，为个人应对释放后障碍做好准备，如新冠肺炎、住房、就业、复发和重新融入社会；（3）改进数据收集和传播此类数据的透明度，以加强监狱和监狱的医疗服务；以及（4）额外的循证研究，以解决当前对数据可用性、误报、报告延迟、检测率差异和人口估计不一致的担忧。

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Journal of Offender Rehabilitation SOCIAL WORK-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Offender Rehabilitation is a multidisciplinary journal of innovation in research, services and programs in criminal justice and corrections. The journal is an essential professional resource for practitioners, educators and researchers who work with individuals involved in the criminal justice system and study the dynamics of rehabilitation and individual and system change. Original research using qualitative or quantitative methodology, theoretical discussions, evaluations of program outcomes, and state of the science reviews will be considered.