Articles by Jeffrey Ross

What’s in a Name?

Loaded on Nov. 1, 2021 by Jeffrey Ross published in Prison Legal News November, 2021, page 19

Filed under: Editorials, Restrictions, discrimination. Location: Virginia.

Exconvict, formerly incarcerated, or returning citizen?

by Jeffrey Ian Ross

In the field of corrections, there are lots of labels, names, and terms that the public frequently applies to people who are housed in, live in, and are processed by jails and prison that I dislike.

These terms are frequently ...

How About a Small Bank Specializing in Loans to Ex-Cons?

Loaded on Sept. 15, 2009 by Jeffrey Ross

Filed under: Prison Labor, Prisoner Privileges, Rehabilitation/Recidivism. Location: United States of America.

by Jeffrey Ian Ross, Ph.D., Stephen C. Richards, Ph.D. and Nicholas Vasquez, M.D.

Our nation's population of ex-convicts, growing and showing no signs of slowing down, is a billboard for dysfunction. Americans say they want to reduce crime, punish the criminals, and then repatriate them to society, if possible, as ...