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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Kentucky’s recidivism rate has reportedly declined for the second consecutive year. That’s according to Gov. Andy Beshear on ...

Gov. Beshear announced that recidivism rates, which measure how many people released from prison return within two years, ...

Popular opinion suggests that those convicted of terrorism related offenses are very likely to re-offend. But how accurate is this belief? In response to 9/11, Congress enacted several legislative ...

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 ...

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 ...

Released prisoners face a host of challenges, not the least of which are astronomical unemployment rates. But a supplier of software to public agencies hopes that its technology can put a dent in that ...

On Thursday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Kentucky's recidivism rate has declined for the second year in a row, with nearly 70 ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Recidivism rates are at their lowest in the last decade for Iowa Department of Corrections (DOC) facilities. According to the Iowa DOC, the recidivism rate for FY2022 to FY2025 is ...