Multiple factors contribute to the drop in the recidivism rate, including education programs, job placement assistance, ...

Recidivism reveals a gap between punishment and rehabilitation. Psychology explains why incarceration alone rarely transforms ...

Corrections Commissioner Helen Hanks said Monday that House budget-approved cuts to her agency would create major problems. “These cuts may appear to bring short-term savings, but they guarantee ...

Almost half of supervision cases over 10 years involved revoking parole and returning offenders to prison or giving them new sentences ...

Several states this year have reported lower rates of recidivism, showing that fewer convicted criminals are being re-arrested after leaving prison. But those statistics hardly tell the full story.

The War on Recidivism Act an homage to language used by Shumlin in his inaugural budget address hasn t generated the same hue and cry. And while the Senate proposal would not prompt the early release ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections has approved an anti-recidivism program backed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, which will ...

Iowa Department of Corrections director Beth Skinner says the recidivism rate among individuals who’ve been released from prison has dropped for a third straight year — meaning there’s a decline in ...

Prison education programs offer a substantial return on investment by reducing recidivism and increasing employment rates among former inmates. Key policy recommendations include automatic enrollment ...

Half the people released from prison in South Dakota return within three years, according to the state Department of ...

Arkansas has one of the highest prison recidivism rates in the country, with nearly 50% of inmates back behind bars within three years of their release. Sen. Ben Gilmore of Crossett and reentry ...

Half the people released from prison in South Dakota return within three years, according to the state Department of ...