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| Oregon prisons push inmate-family visits to keep prisoners from coming back |
| By oregonlive.com- Bryan Denson |
| Published: 04/18/2014 |
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Oregon prison officials have worked for two years to improve connections between inmates and their families, a response to studies that show prisoners who get visits are less likely to return to prison. The key prompt for this work was a November 2011 study by the Minnesota Department of Corrections that concluded "visitation significantly decreased the risk of recidivism," and that "visits from siblings, in-laws, fathers and clergy were the most beneficial in reducing the risk of recidivism, whereas visits from ex-spouses significantly increased the risk." "The findings," according to the study's authors, "suggest that revising prison visitation policies to make them more 'visitor friendly' could yield public safety benefits by helping offenders establish a continuum of social support from prison to the community." Read More. |
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