Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sep. 30—JAMESTOWN — Officials celebrated the opening of a new program on Monday, Sept. 30, inside the James River Correctional ...

A new study sought to determine the effects of a college-in-prison program, the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). The study found a large and significant reduction in recidivism rates across racial groups ...

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 ...

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 ...

Judge Phil Naumoff hopes his reentry court can help the formerly incarcerated residents of Richland County find stability. At a recent reentry court graduation in Mansfield, two men stepped up to the ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County needs a new main jail — but not until an effective anti-recidivism program has been funded and deployed, a civil panel of local residents found in a new analysis. Each ...

Last year, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order implementing a program to address high levels of recidivism in Arizona. Reentry 2030 is an initiative dedicated to reducing recidivism, the ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Last week, the Arkansas Board of Corrections approved Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ pilot program to reduce recidivism in the state's corrections system. The program will ...

Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Justin Jones said Oklahoma does well in its rate of recidivism, which is defined as the number of inmates who are released from prison but return to state ...