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 ...

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

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 ...

Today on “Make Me Smart,” the importance of second-chance labor programs in lowering reincarceration rates in the U.S.

Last week, Virginia’s prison system announced it had achieved a “best-in-class” recidivism rate. There’s two approaches to lowering recidivism rates: hold violent repeat offenders accountable or let ...

Opinion: The question is not whether people deserve a second chance, but whether we, as a community, are willing to make that second chance real.

The South Dakota Republican primary candidates faced off for their last debate before the June vote Monday night. The ...

[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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...