@article{304370aa49a24c189a34787fdb2ba939,
title = "Prison Work-Release Programs and Incarcerated Women{\textquoteright}s Labor Market Outcomes",
abstract = "This article examines whether the work-release program in Illinois prisons increases women{\textquoteright}s earnings and employment. Using a large matched adminis-trative database, we find that a longer time served in an Adult Transition Center (ATC) increases total earnings and the probability of being employed during the time in an ATC, for both ATC parolees and dropouts. Furthermore, ATC parolees and dropouts with a longer stay in an ATC had sizable increases in their earnings and employment rates after incarceration. However, the incompletion of the ATC terms by ATC dropouts seemed to carry stigma that reduces their post-incarceration earnings or employment rates.",
keywords = "adult transition center, earnings, employment, incarcerated women, work-release program",
author = "Haeil Jung and LaLonde, {Robert J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Jung Haeil 1 LaLonde Robert J. 2 1 Korea University, Seoul, South Korea 2 The University of Chicago, IL, USA Haeil Jung, Department of Public Administration, Korea University, 145 Anam-Ro, Seongbuk-Gu, Seoul 02841, South Korea. Email: hijk@korea.ac.kr 11 2019 99 5 535 558 {\textcopyright} 2019 SAGE Publications 2019 SAGE Publications This article examines whether the work-release program in Illinois prisons increases women{\textquoteright}s earnings and employment. Using a large matched adminis-trative database, we find that a longer time served in an Adult Transition Center (ATC) increases total earnings and the probability of being employed during the time in an ATC, for both ATC parolees and dropouts. Furthermore, ATC parolees and dropouts with a longer stay in an ATC had sizable increases in their earnings and employment rates after incarceration. However, the incompletion of the ATC terms by ATC dropouts seemed to carry stigma that reduces their post-incarceration earnings or employment rates. work-release program incarcerated women adult transition center earnings employment Chicago Community Trust national institute of justice https://doi.org/10.13039/100005289 russell sage foundation https://doi.org/10.13039/100000935 open society foundations https://doi.org/10.13039/100000919 Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research had been supported by the Chicago Community Trust, the National Institute of Justice, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and by Grant 02-DB-BX-0017, awarded to the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority by the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the National Institute of Justice or any agency of the state of Illinois. The authors are responsible for all errors. ",
year = "2019",
month = nov,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0032885519875009",
language = "English",
volume = "99",
pages = "535--558",
journal = "Prison Journal",
issn = "0032-8855",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "5",
}