The rally brought together local and state speakers to address an essential issue: reducing recidivism through support for ...

One bit of popular lore that Californians often hear regarding our criminal justice system is that the state has an extraordinarily high rate of recidivism — the nation’s highest, at somewhere between ...

[L]egislation that provides funding for states to help prisoners re-enter communities and has been credited with lowering recidivism rates has been introduced in the Senate by Vermont Democrat Patrick ...

Crime rates are increasing across the United States. If history is any indication, many policymakers and Americans will look to our prisons and jails in the next few years to stop the crime rise. But ...

To the editor: Of course anti-recidivism programs in prison don’t work. Prison is a punitive environment in which inmates are constantly subjected to violence or threats of violence. That’s not an ...

ATLANTA (AP/WCCO) -- More than 40 percent of ex-cons commit crimes within three years of their release and wind up back behind bars, despite billions in taxpayer dollars spent on prison systems that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 10—SANTA FE — After several years of declining, New Mexico's rate of inmates who end up back in prison after being released ...

After years of state-backed efforts to reduce recidivism, a new report made public today by the Office of Policy and Management shows Connecticut has made steady if modest progress on how many ...

Across the country, governors and legislators continue to search for ways to reduce recidivism, control correctional costs and improve public safety. Yet despite decades of reform efforts, state ...

In recent years, federal legislation aimed at reforming the criminal justice system, such as the Sentencing Reform Act and Corrections Act, has not passed Congress despite having bipartisan support.

Pamela London grew up in North Chicago, used a weapon to cause bodily harm to a person at North Chicago Community High School and went to prison for it at the age of 18. Now 52, she works for the ...