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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

If you provide methadone treatment or other substance-use disorder treatments in jails, will it reduce people from going back to jail? Several University of New Mexico researchers say yes. "It's a ...

The Arizona Juvenile Department of Corrections has opened a first-of-its-kind holistic healing studio inside the Adobe ...

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 ...

Imagine an entrepreneur. Who comes to mind? Is it a well-known figure like Steve Jobs or the Shark Tank cast? Or perhaps a recent college grad in a business suit? Maybe even someone like me—the ...

Last year, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed an executive order implementing a program to address high levels of recidivism in Arizona.