Dec 12, 2022
A Profile of Latinx Participants in Adult Redeploy Illinois
There have been few research studies on Latinx people who are criminal justice-involved. The Adult Redeploy Illinois (ARI) Program adopted a racial equity lens to better study and address the needs of racial minorities in their funded diversion programs. These programs are important to justice-involved individuals with felony charges because the programs present an opportunity to be in community supervision which addresses their criminogenic needs rather than be incarcerated. We embarked on a study to describe the ARI Latinx participants who have completed the program, describe their experiences in the program, and compare their experiences and outcomes with White and Black ARI participants who have also completed the program. We found some differences in experiences and outcomes that could be considered racial disparities. Discussion of these differences with ARI leadership, including Oversight Board members, local ARI staff, was recommended, along with future studies which collect more information relevant to the Latinx experience in the U.S., and studies that include ARI vocational training and employment outcomes.
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