A proposed budget cut is threatening to undo this progress, and if it passes, Americans will be less safe.

Substance use disorder treatment in the community is a superior alternative to incarceration for offenders with a substance misuse background, according to a recent study published in BMC Psychiatry ...

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 ...

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 ...

Shantè Richardson founded the Prison Wives Society to provide support for women with incarcerated partners. She is committed to addressing the issue of recidivism rates in the criminal justice system.

Maggie Vaughn of Zion works at Curt’s Café in Highland Park helping young employees there who are living in at-risk situations, like brushes with the judicial system, because she does not want them to ...

Pamela London grew up in North Chicago, used a weapon to cause bodily harm to a person at North Chicago Community High School and went to prison for it at the age of 18. Now 52, she works for the ...

Today approximately 2.3 million New Yorkers are being denied the opportunity to secure meaningful employment, housing, education and more because of a criminal record. A criminal record should not be ...