Members of the data working group will continue to define recidivism after receiving feedback from other members of the ...

With less than one in four inmates released from a Michigan prison in 2020 ending up back there within three years, the state’s recidivism rate is being recognized as its second lowest since the ...

VIRGINIA (DC News Now) — The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) recently hit a milestone, with a new study showing the Commonwealth has the lowest recidivism rate in the country. VADOC ...

With many former inmates returning to prison within three years, corrections departments are ditching paper files for digital ...

Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) Director Chad Dotson announced today that for the 11th straight year, Virginia has achieved one of the lowest recidivism rates for re-incarceration in the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Recidivism has been a topic in prison discussions in South Dakota for at least 20 years. It’s become a buzz word that’s been circulating in talks about a possible new men’s ...

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 ...

Last year, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order implementing a program to address high levels of recidivism in Arizona.

“To provide postsecondary education to prisoners is not advocating that we be ‘soft on crime’. It is simply the most effective and least expensive method of getting some control over crime and ...

A new report from the Iowa Department of Corrections shows a decline in the number of inmates returning to prison. The recidivism rate, which looks at the number of individuals returning to prison ...