Re-entry problems: the post-prison challenges and experiences of former political prisoners in South Africa and Northern Ireland

Re-entry into society after imprisonment is problematic. However, politically motivated prisoners can potentially draw on their collective solidarity and social legitimacy to smooth re-entry. That possibility is examined by focusing on ex-combatants in South Africa and Northern Ireland who organised...

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Published in:The international journal of human rights Vol. 18; no. 7-8; pp. 861 - 880
Main Authors: Rolston, Bill, Artz, Lillian
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Abingdon Routledge 17.11.2014
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
Combatants
Conflict
Ex-convicts
ex-prisoners' organisations
Human rights
Imprisonment
Legitimacy
Military personnel
Northern Ireland
political ex-prisoners
Political Prisoners
Prisoners
Prisons
Radicalism
re-entry
Social integration
South Africa
Transformation
United Kingdom
United Kingdom > UK
Northern Ireland
South Africa
ISSN:1364-2987, 1744-053X
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Summary:Re-entry into society after imprisonment is problematic. However, politically motivated prisoners can potentially draw on their collective solidarity and social legitimacy to smooth re-entry. That possibility is examined by focusing on ex-combatants in South Africa and Northern Ireland who organised against the state, but later came to support conflict transformation in a radically altered state. Re-entry was thus a two-way process where ex-prisoners took up opportunities for inclusion while society worked to ensure their inclusion, thus allowing them to manage the problems of re-entry. The evidence is explored to show that this process was more successful in Northern Ireland than in South Africa.
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ISSN:1364-2987
1744-053X
DOI:10.1080/13642987.2014.960922