Mapping for Community-Based Prisoner Reentry Efforts: A Guidebook for Law Enforcement Agencies and Their Partners

The potential impact of prisoner reentry on public safety is undeniable, with more than 600,000 individuals released from state and federal prisons each year. A clear spatial understanding of prisoner reentry is essential to managing ex-offenders in the community. Policing strategies designed to address problems resulting from prisoner reentry can be more effective when they are informed by the mapping of such information as the locations of returning prisoners, reentry services and resources, and parole officers.