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| Cautious optimism over state's declining recidivism rate |
| By wqow.com |
| Published: 06/25/2014 |
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Madison (WKOW) -- A national study's documentation of a declining rate of recidivism in Wisconsin's prison population is being received cautiously by some people involved with helping inmates re-enter communities. The Council of State Governments Justice Center found Wisconsin's 2007 recidivism rate of 56.2% dipped to 51.5% in 2010. The study's authors cite several factors in the drop, among them: Wisconsin's workforce development programs for prison inmates in the last months of their sentences and in the months after their release; more jail stays replacing revocations to prison as response to probation violations; and expanded alcohol and other drug abuse treatment programs. Former inmate Caliph Muab-el runs Breaking Barriers Mentoring, Inc., a non-profit group with a mission to help inmates as they re-enter communities. He says prison revocations over rules violations remain a hurdle for inmates trying to sustain jobs and other community ties. Muab-el says the stigma of felony convictions and prison stays remains formidable. Read More. |
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