A post-carceral world is important because of the consequences of mass incarceration. The 500% rise in the prison population in the post-world war world meant that there was a need to concentrate on the importance of a post-carceral world which would accommodate the prisoners and their needs accordingly (Escobar 174). Prisoners and convicts face a lot of challenges once they are released into the world, and the society does not behave in the same manner towards them. Similarly, their reasons for mass incarceration exist rampantly, such as racial profiling and the threat of incarcerating African Americans the highest amongst the rest of the population. It is these reasons which prompted for the world with a post-carceral agenda which protects the convicts and prisoners from difficulty in the life after prison.
Mexican Americans at the same time, were also individuals who faced a lot of criticism and mistreatment at the hands of officers in the American society because they were considered as Wildcats that needed to be tamed in society (Escobar 175). Hence they were all incarcerated in large numbers for no other reason than their race. Such treatment berates the fact that the post-carceral treatment of these individuals was no different once they were released from prisons. More were re-incarcerated as they were believed to be miscreants who needed to be corrected and their arrests were larger than the overall white population of the country. Post-carceral world requirements tend to help these people adjust to the world as after their incarceration; they need something to return to. Many inmates, especially those who returned from WWII had no place to go to as they had lost home and shelter, had no jobs and possessed little or no resources to upkeep a way of life (Escobar 176). There were educational barriers as well as the lack of resources that became all the more reason to maintain a better post-carceral world so these people could be prevented from committing the same crimes all over again.
In addition, the risk of readmission into prisons is high, as prisoners tend to redo the same crimes. Austin Reed, the author of "The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict," highlights this. He describes his story. The story of a young man detained not for committing a crime but ended up a real criminal from the punishment and treatment he received at the incarceration centers. This further show the importance of having a service that seeks to change and influence the lives of prisoners released to make them cope with the world and avoid going back to crime. (Reed 20)
References:
Escobar, J. Edward. The Unintended Consequences of the Carceral State: Chicana/o Political Mobilization in Post–World War II America. The Journal of American History. 2015. https://oup.silverchaircdn.com/oup/backfile/Content_public/Journal/jah/102/1/10.1093/jahist/jav312/2/jav312.pdf?Expires=1497059745&Signature=GIwBKV2R8J1VEbdn8jIFqrKwBB6ybQScWwVZ0inPh~Jd1e1tv-X-EI4f5xLG9IaWGlpgie-PoiejI8KMKpR0ZaoqgmHDdHqbPcKVu2a07xuYAUeC1y8C4T7ujDnMQmbjbNFQD~j4S6FwnNUS3qeYFfv~XDxvdELFl4EhAQcZKrPDql7DiUqfwdcPhuBEODJgJnnT7J84b~fNuzqoCwjgpJInQD1WvUdWw~ESgnEL9DeCcKXTzgL9gpQkcWCHgve1Fcw3tp1iFJQKQiqgy63ydnLO03KlHKxBREuboKHjRQqpzM~XTh8JtDxmWc1QSC8jo-K7A0Jpx7rTI-CVSxO9Vw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIUCZBIA4LVPAVW3Q
Reed, Austin. The Life and the Adventures of a Haunted Convict.