COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A decade ago, about a third of inmates released from South Carolina prisons were back behind bars within three years. Now the state’s recidivism rate has plummeted to 17%, the ...

As the national organization for higher education in prison in the United States, we at the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison feel it our responsibility to challenge the framing and conclusions ...

CAMDEN - Poor physical or mental health increases the chance that formerly incarcerated individuals will commit more crimes and return to prison, according to a groundbreaking new Rutgers ...

EMERGE Connecticut partnered with Dwight Hall in a Tuesday event to discuss preventive measures against reincarceration in the New Haven community. EMERGE supports previously incarcerated individuals ...

MILFORD, Mass. (WWLP)– A new report shows that recidivism among incarcerated persons is down in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Correction (DOC) annual recidivism report presents ...

Two years ago, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Less Is More Act into law. The law was meant to decrease reincarceration for minor parole violations and to help get people off of parole faster for good ...

At first glance, any measure aimed at improving the already shoddy, almost inhumane conditions of state prisons seem well-reasoned. Generally, those incarcerated are immediately neglected by both the ...

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Teachers and Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Wayborn hand out certificates to graduates of Pathways to Hope, a program that aims to educate inmates so they can more smoothly reintegrate and lower the ...

Attorneys for Adnan Syed, who is now free after being imprisoned more than two decades ago for the murder of his ex-girlfriend, will once again be arguing to keep his freedom in a case known to ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) -A decade ago, about a third of inmates released from South Carolina prisons were back behind bars within three years. Now the state’s recidivism rate has plummeted to 17%, the ...