Author of the article: Ian MacAlpine
Publishing date: May 06, 2021 • 4 hours ago • 2 minute read
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A report from Sophia Lachapelle, a research assistant at the University of Ottawa and former a graduate student at Queen’s University, says former incarcerated people are experiencing challenges with reintegration into the Kingston community, especially when it comes to finding adequate housing.
The report, published Wednesday and titled “It’s set up so you trip and fall,” is about formerly incarcerated people’s experiences of prison-to-community reintegration in Kingston, based on first-hand accounts, and it illustrates some of the barriers ex-offenders face upon release from prison locally.