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Return to Prison (Recidivism) Rates for the UK-America-California
Gentlereaders: We recently posted rates of recidivism for the state of California and attached them to an existing page displaying national recidivism for the United…
View More Return to Prison (Recidivism) Rates for the UK-America-CaliforniaSan Francisco has highest recidivism rate in California—78 percent go back to prison.
The report below comes from KALW news, a public radio station serving the San Francisco and Oakland areas. It’s really great to see a radio…
View More San Francisco has highest recidivism rate in California—78 percent go back to prison.Disbanding Police Departments-Selling Prisons-More on Criminal Justice Budget Cuts
Gentlereaders: It’s been a while since we did an update on the budget crisis and its impact on the criminal justice system. But we read…
View More Disbanding Police Departments-Selling Prisons-More on Criminal Justice Budget CutsPercent of Released Prisoners Returning to Incarceration
Background The nation’s only repository for all major recidivism research. Author By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of supervising public affairs for national and state…
View More Percent of Released Prisoners Returning to IncarcerationWhy Are Some Female Correctional Officers Having Sexual Encounters With Male Inmates?
Crime in America.Net A reader asks why female prison staff members are over-represented as to sexually victimizing male inmates (see report below–69 percent of victimized…
View More Why Are Some Female Correctional Officers Having Sexual Encounters With Male Inmates?The Illinois Prison System: Dividing the Loaves and Fishes
Crime in America.Net The Chicago Tribune ran an article on the resignation of the director of the Illinois correctional system who instituted a series of…
View More The Illinois Prison System: Dividing the Loaves and FishesSuccessful Prison-Based Substance Abuse Treatment
Dear readers: The study continues a long line of research stating that substance abuse treatment works to reduce recidivism. Unfortunately, it’s in the same unreadable…
View More Successful Prison-Based Substance Abuse TreatmentTaking a Pig and calling it a Princess:American Justice and The Economist
Crime in America.Net The Economist is on a tear; it published endless examples in a series of articles of people going to prison for trafficking…
View More Taking a Pig and calling it a Princess:American Justice and The EconomistSuccessful offender reentry program in San Diego
The San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) recently released its third annual report on the San Diego Prisoner Reentry Program. The key program components are…
View More Successful offender reentry program in San DiegoViolent offenders more likely to die in local jails
New data from the US Department of Justice provides some insight as to medical and psychological issues associated with criminal offenders. The reference to violent…
View More Violent offenders more likely to die in local jailsWhy are states abandoning drug treatment? Crime in America.Net
Newsweek offers a compelling article stating that “Treatment for drug addiction works better and costs less than imprisonment alone. So why are states abandoning it?”…
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