Finding help and hope in a peer-led reentry service hub near a detention centre: A process evaluation.

ABSTRACT: When people leave correctional institutions, they face myriad personal, social and structural barriers to reentry, including significant challenges with mental health, substance use, and homelessness. However, there are few reentry programs designed to support people's health, wellbeing, and social integration, and there are even fewer evaluations of such programs. The purpose of this article is to report the qualitative findings from an early process evaluation of the Reintegration Centre-a peer-led service hub designed to support men on the day they are released from custody. We conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews and examined quantitative service intake data with 21 men who accessed the Reintegration Centre immediately upon release. Participants encountered significant reen

SUBMITTER: McLuhan A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9937468 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature