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| The Cautionary Instruction: Incentivizing recidivism reduction may be tricky |
| By communityvoices.post-gazette.com - Matt Mangino |
| Published: 03/08/2013 |
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Last week, Pennsylvania Secretary of Corrections John Wetzel released what he called a "landmark study" into recidivism rates at Pennsylvania’s correctional facilities. The news is not good - the overall recidivism rate within three years of release from prison is 60 percent. One in 200 Pennsylvania adults is currently incarcerated in a state correctional institution. With the introduction of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative Pennsylvania has focused on reducing prison population and funneling the savings down to local authorities for policing, treatment and community supervision. Recidivism is defined in three ways: Rearrest, the first instance of arrest after inmates are released from state prison; reincarceration, the first instance of returning to state prison after inmates are released from state prison; and overall recidivism, the first instance of any type of rearrest or reincarceration after inmates are released from state prison. Read More. |
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