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13 Eur. J. Probation 1 (2021)

handle is hein.journals/eurjp13 and id is 1 raw text is: Original Article E JP European Journal of Probation 2021, Vol. 13(1) 1-20 The pains of release: © The Author(s) 2020 Article reuse guidelines: Federally-sentenced women's sagepub.com/journals-permissions DOI: 10.1 177/2066220320948375 experiences on parole journals-sagepub.com/home/eip OSAGE Laura McKendy Rosemary Ricciardelli Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada Abstract Contributing to the international literature on reintegration and parole governance, we examine the release experiences of women (n=43) who served time in federal Canadian prison through a qualitative content analysis of casework documents. We show that the multiple stressors of release, combined with layers of social marginality, may render the pains of release as equally compromising to (albeit distinct from) those associated with imprisonment. Findings reveal several key pains of re-entry for formerly incarcerated women experience: Over stimulation, social disorientation and social precarity; missing hooks for new identities; parental and custodial struggles; extensive parole obligations; and living conditions. Implications for policy and case management practices are presented. Keywords Desistance, pains of release, parolee mental health, reintegration, parole case management, parole governance, re-entry barriers Introduction Since the early works of Clemmer (1940) and Sykes (1958), prison sociologists have been fascinated with the social realities of prison life, including the pains of imprison- ment that shape experiences of incarceration. Varying over time, space, and for distinct groups of people, the pains of imprisonment involve the deprivations, harms, burdens, and frustrations associated with incarceration - many seeming unintentional and Corresponding author: Rosemary Ricciardelli, Memorial University of Newfoundland, 230 Elizabeth Ave. AA 4066, St. John's, Newfoundland, A I C 4L6, Canada. Email: rricciardell@mun.ca