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| N.H. works to lower recidivism rate |
| By eagletribune.com - Cara Hogan |
| Published: 06/18/2012 |
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Almost half of convicted criminals who serve time in a New Hampshire prison will return within a few years for another crime. The state's recidivism rate could be better, according to state officials. Christine McKenna, chief probation parole officer for Rockingham County, said the lack of jobs, substance abuse treatment and housing for convicted criminals is behind many parole violations. "They say, 'Just take me back to jail. Jail is easier,'" she said. "When there's nothing out there, there's just no hope." The state released 1,095 prisoners in 2007 and 47 percent were back in prison by 2010, according to a report from the state Department of Corrections released last week. "This study was done to see the reasons people come back to prison, whether for a new sentence or parole violation," said Jeffrey Lyons, spokesman for the DOC. The national recidivism rate between 1994 and 2007 is around 40 percent, according to a Pew Center on the States study, so New Hampshire is close to the average. Of the offenders who returned to prison, 45 percent returned to serve out a new sentence or were arrested on new charges. About 30 percent went back in because they violated their conditions of parole, 10 percent for leaving parole supervision and 15 percent could not be tracked. Read More. |
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