On the Outside: Prisoner Reentry and Reintegration

What happens to the 700,000 former prisoners who rejoin society every year? On the Outside (University of Chicago) provides hard data and personal narratives to illustrate the struggle of reintegration — from finding work and housing to contact with the parole system. David Harding ’98 is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley.

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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April 2026

Inside the new ES and SEAS complex; kudos for austerity; jazz at Princeton.