Walk Right up to the Sun, Hand in Hand

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This is a study of peer-mentor guidance of successful reintegration into society. The Supreme Court decisions of the past decades, Graham v Florida (2010), Miller v Alabama (2012), and Montgomery v Louisiana (2016 ), have provided potential opportunities of freedom to individuals who were sentenced as juveniles to life without the possibility of parole. In Louisiana, the juvenile lifers who have been released have been successful in their reentry progress, largely through the help of an organization of peer mentors, who were also sentenced to life or had otherwise served long sentences. This study uses 89 in-depth interviews with the peer mentors and individuals formerly serving life sentences to explore the dynamics of these relationships and the elements that contribute to successful reentry, as well as 200 surveys on self-reported levels of confidence in reentry competencies after completion of the program. This study has implications for the rarely discussed topic of reentry after serving long sentences, contributes significantly to the epistemological discussions of justice-involved individuals being better equipped to understand the needs of returning citizens, and challenges the prohibition of association with other justice-involved individuals as a stipulation of probation or parole.

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