We know for a fact—as credible a fact as we get from the criminal justice system—that more than eight out of 10 prisoners in the United States are rearrested after release. These data suggest some ...

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New York’s Department of Corrections last week released a report that generated triumphant headlines in some of the upstate communities that house prisons: “Recidivism rates for ex-inmates reach ...

Women commit far fewer sexual offenses than men, and their risk of reoffending after returning to the community is also much lower. A new meta-analysis based on data for 4,208 women shows a recidivism ...

WASHINGTON — Recidivism is an inadequate measurement of success after release from prison, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report recommends ...

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 ...

From auto maintenance to butcher training, prisoners at one southern Delaware facility are learning all sorts of trades in hopes of landing a job after release. A recent study examined how many ...