Elizabeth Ford of Health + Hospitals, left, & Becky Scott of DOC (photo: John McCarten/City Council) City Council members on Monday held an oversight hearing to examine how New York prevents formerly ...

INDIANA — Discussions about how to reduce crime are constantly happening in communities across the state of Indiana. One nonprofit that works in women’s correctional facilities in Indianapolis, ...

Budget constraints are largely responsible for the push to reduce recidivism rates in Vermont, where more than 70 percent of convicts re-offend within three years of their release. Annual Corrections ...

Sheriff Mike Milstead says in the county jail today, there are over 100 parolees of people on probation behind bars again ...

This stark statistic prompts important questions: How can we, as psychologists, adapt our approaches to better serve this vulnerable group? Can traditional rehabilitation programs in adult ...

RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers advanced a bipartisan prison education reform bill, but Senate revisions altered its original scope. Del. Betsy B. Carr, D-Richmond, introduced House Bill 2158, which ...

Across the country, governors and legislators continue to search for ways to reduce recidivism, control correctional costs and improve public safety. Yet despite decades of reform efforts, state ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — It was all about recidivism Tuesday at a meeting of the state’s Reentry Task Force. Recidivism is the ...

Kansas bill would drain funding that helps steer kids out of criminal justice system, advocates say The One Heart Project ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — It was all about recidivism Tuesday at a meeting of the state’s Reentry Task Force. Recidivism is the likelihood that someone formerly incarcerated will commit another ...