Enjeux de la réinsertion sociale chez des hommes ayant purgé une peine d'incarcération au sein d'une institution carcérale
This memoir is a study on the social reinsertion of men having served sentence in a federal institution. Most of the research on this subject doesn’t demonstrate the course taken by the men upon their return to the community. Instead, only one aspect of the subjectis put forward. Thus, the present research addresses this gap by producing a full exploration of the course taken, by each man encountered, in their return to society. Specifically, the main objective of the research is to highlight the different elements that help or hinder the social reintegration of men having served a sentence in a federal institution. The Bronfenbrenner ecological model, used as a theoretical framework, allows the analysis of these processes. Each of the systems included in this theory is explored, and this, for every man participating in the study. Based on a qualitative type research, six men were interviewed. They had all been outside of the prison walls for at least a year. These men are mostly from our big metropolis, but a few are from more distant cities, allowing to explore what happens outside the city of Montreal. For interviews, the methodological approach of life stories is prioritized, which allowed obtaining a wide testimony concerning their reintegration journey. The results of this research show the various pitfalls and difficulties faced by former Federal inmates during their return within the community, and even during their preparation for their release from the penitentiary walls. The various means set up to help did not have the effect wanted for many of the men. Wishing to seek social reintegration and the different ways put in place to help such men, were found in General, social exclusion and limiting factors.
Social reinsertion Federal institution Men Penitentiary