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| CT's multi-pronged approach to reducing recidivism is working |
| By ctmirror.org - Grace Merritt |
| Published: 09/20/2013 |
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New Haven - After spending years chipping away at it, Connecticut has reduced its recidivism rate to 41 percent, down from 47 percent in 2007. “Six points is a significant drop and makes all the difference to their families,” said William Carbone, executive director of the Judicial Branch Court Support Services Division. The success gave Carbone and other Connecticut criminal justice leaders bragging rights Wednesday during a symposium on how states can reduce recidivism rates in a time of surging – and costly – prison populations. During the day-long event at the elegant New Haven Lawn Club, experts from Connecticut, Chicago and New York outlined key strategies they have used to better help ex-offenders prepare for and get jobs, get mental health and addiction treatment and generally return to everyday life without ending up back in prison. Read More. |
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