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.Tag: Prison
Percent 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?Successful 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…
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