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Returning to life outside of prison: It\u2019s called re-entry.\xa0Getting people ready to go home just makes sense if you want them to succeed, and over 95 percent of all imprisoned people are eventually released.\xa0But we didn\u2019t always do much to assure reentry success, and in many places and many ways, we still don\u2019t.\xa0What does the evidence show about what works?\xa0

Our guest is Dr. Christy Visher, Professor of Sociology at the University of Delaware and Director of the University\u2019s Center for Drug and Health Studies.\xa0She was one of the principal investigators for the path-breaking study \u201cReturning Home: Understanding the Challenges of Prisoner Reentry.\u201d