‘Muslim Pakistani prisoners and their experiences upon release from prison: a political economy approach’

Although plausible at the level of observation and description, much prisoner re-entry literature, seems undertheorized. Therefore, there seems little offering a counter explanation that meets the seemingly commonplace and intractable processes socially integrating those released from prison, and the insuperable challenges faced by those undergoing such experiences. Important as ex-prisoner’s own accounts are, they are insufficient without consideration of the social structural constraints placed upon them. The article considers these constraints through the meaning placed by a group of British Muslim men on their experiences upon release from prison.

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