research abstract.

For justice-involved individuals, homelessness and housing insecurity are critical barriers to escaping the cycle of incarceration and successfully re-entering their communities. Research shows a strong relationship between housing and recidivism, particularly when stable housing cannot be secured immediately following release. Various housing typologies and programs exist within the discussion of reentry; however, architectural analysis of these spaces is lacking. Our goal is to study the architecture of reentry by researching existing housing typologies available to formerly incarcerated individuals in order to better understand the impact of architecture on their transition from prison back to their communities.

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