High walls, iron bars, and criminals causing disturbances almost daily—these are the prison scenes depicted in movies and ...

[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 ...

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

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — According to the Data Collaborative for Justice at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the rate of felony rearrests dropped since bail reform took effect five years ago.

MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — It’s the reality for thousands of Pennsylvanians in the criminal justice system: being re-arrested or re-incarcerated. It’s known as recidivism, a pattern Kelly Evans with the ...

WASHINGTON — Recidivism is an inadequate measurement of success after release from prison, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report recommends ...

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 ...

New York’s Department of Corrections last week released a report that generated triumphant headlines in some of the upstate communities that house prisons: “Recidivism rates for ex-inmates reach ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – On Wednesday, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation published the findings of the latest recidivism report and found that the rate of people returning to ...

A commission created by the Legislature to develop a plan to reduce prison recidivism will first try to determine how to define and measure the problem. The 13-member group will report to lawmakers ...