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| Fewer inmates return to jail |
| By thetimes-tribune.com |
| Published: 06/20/2014 |
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Going to prison is awful; returning after being released is even worse. Recidivism also is terrible for taxpayers, given that the annual cost of incarceration is about $30,000 per prisoner. Keeping people out of prison is one of the nation’s most vexing problems in terms of its cost to governments at all levels and of mass incarceration’s impact on society. The U.S. Bureau of Corrections has eclipsed the FBI as the largest agency within the Department of Justice; corrections has been the fastest-growing segment of the state budget for a decade. It is heartening, then, that Pennsylvania has made substantial progress against recidivism during the Rendell and Corbett administrations, under the guidance of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel. Read More. |
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