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Housing for Aboriginal Ex-offenders in the Urban Core

Jason D. Brown

University of Western Ontario, Canada, jbrow97{at}uwo.ca

Susan Wingert

University of Western Ontario, Canada, swingert{at}uwo.ca

Nancy Higgitt

University of Manitoba, Canada, higgitt{at}ms.umanitoba.ca

Dilly Knol

Andrews Street Family Centre, Canada, dilly.knol{at}shawbiz.ca

Heather Block

Andrews Street Family Centre, Canada, dilly.knol{at}shawbiz.ca & asfc{at}shawcable.com

Murray Barkman

Open Circle Program, Canada, opncircl{at}mts.net

Catherine Charette

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Canada, ccharette2{at}wrha.mb.ca

Aboriginal peoples are over-represented in the Canadian corrections system. When released, they face challenges. Many return to the communities where their friends and family are but have few housing, educational, and employment opportunities, and have difficult choices to make. This participatory research study included interviews with 30 Aboriginal men who had done jail time and had lived in the downtown core of a major Canadian prairie city. It revealed five overlapping themes describing the experience of being released, getting by, finding a community that would receive them, staying out of jail, and trying to get ahead. The results indicate that there is a gap in services for Aboriginal men who have done jail time, and that housing models to meet this need should be developed with the input of residents in local communities.

Key Words: Aboriginal • ex-offenders • housing • urban core

Qualitative Social Work, Vol. 7, No. 2, 238-253 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1473325008089632
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