Prisoner Reentry & Domestic Violence:
Supporting Battered Women Whose Partners Are on
Community Supervision or Parole

Presenters: Ashley Brown, Shelia Hankins, Joleen Jones, and Oliver J. Williams, PhD

When men are sent to prison many people forget that most return back to the communities and families they left. Each year over 650,000 men are released from prison back to the community. Although intimate partner violence may not be the reason for their incarceration, it is often the reason for their parole revocation and the charge for returning to prison. In reentry planning, female partners, particularly battered women, have few supports connecting them to safety, services, and support when he returns. Domestic violence advocates are critical to assisting battered women who previously or still maintain a relationship with these men. This presentation will focus on what domestic violence advocates and battered women in this situation have relayed about how help is defined and what should be done to identify and assist them in the context of intimate partner violence.

November 21, 2008

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Domestic Violence and Prisoner Reentry:
Experiences of African American Women and Men Webcast

June 12, 2008
11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Pacific /2:00 to 3:30 P.M. Eastern

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