Narratives of Young Inmates on Social Reintegration and the Family

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a survey based on what was said in the “Thinking about Family Program” conducted for young inmates, and to suggest points to keep in mind when returning to their parents’ homes. In the survey, the participants expressed difficulties in resuming and continuing their relationship with their parents after their release from prison, and the background factors were assumed to be the difficulty in imagining their feelings due to the lack of relationship with their parents, and the loss of their own value due to poor quality of relationship. From the perspective of preventing recidivism, the importance of the connection between the possibility of recidivism and emotional sensation, and the importance of providing each other with what one can do as a desirable relationship was discussed. In order to expect recidivism prevention effects from returning to the parental home, it is necessary to understand the relationship difficulties that inmates face, and if returning to the family is judged to be risky, it is desirable to support methods of social reintegration that do not rely solely on family.