Introduction Every day thousands of prisoners are released from prison and return back into society. In 2008, 683,106 inmates were released throughout the country, with a 20% increase of those released in the year 2000 (Petersilia, 2003). Prisoner reentry is developing into a broad topic, as the country prepares to have higher numbers of offenders returning to the community (Petersilia, 2003). Reentry programs mainly try to recognize the general requirements needed of certain inmates, as well as helping them with needed resources (e.g., healing, curing, and administrative help) to increase the inmates profitable return back into society. In order to increase profitable community offender reintegration, certain programs are used to evaluate the “dangers” and “requirements” of the offenders (Seiter & Kadela, 2003). Program History Held down by many various imprisoned organizations, correctional facilities are the keepers of prisoners appointed to their control and command. “During the 1800’s, prisoners served a set amount of time in very crowded prisons, with little emphasis on rehabilitation or preparation for release and during the 1900’s, sentences were indeterminate, therefore prisons accentuated the provision of rehabilitation, and parole board experts made the decision about when prisoners would be released based on their readiness for returning to the community” (Seiter & Kadela, 2003). Over the last 20 years, there has been an acknowledgement to arrange, settled sentences, where prisoners have been restricted in the quantity of good time they can gain from their sentences, as multiple sentencing laws have progressed, forcing prisoners to complete 85% of their sentence before being capable of return to the community (Seiter & Kadela, 2003). Risk Factors “Certain risk factors increase the chance of the ex-offender returning to prison including age, gender, race, gang membership, substance abuse, antisocial behavior, low social achievement, negative peers, length of prior criminal history, and the number of years incarcerated before release” (Seiter & Kadela, 2003). Industrial, financial concerns can take place to a former con during release, including food, clothing, shelter, transportation, and personal identification. Former inmates sometimes have problems finding a job making it harder to earn money, which is why some turn back to illegal activity to get them by. In the process of conjoining, ex-offenders normally do not have enough human and soc