Changes to Colorado’s crime policies led to a significant decrease in recidivism in the state’s prisons, but lowering penalties for certain offenses also increased the number of violent crimes, ...
The state’s correctional system seems intent on putting itself out of business. The maximum-security MCI-Cedar Junction facility in Walpole closed in 2023, while in 2024, both the medium-security ...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WIAT) — It was all about recidivism Tuesday at a meeting of the state’s Reentry Task Force. Recidivism is the likelihood that someone formerly incarcerated will commit another ...
People involved with the criminal justice system can have trouble getting a state ID. This can make finding work and housing nearly impossible — sometimes putting them back in the same situations that ...
Rev. Tyrone Broomfield (center) looks through paperwork during a July 26, 2024 Board of Corrections meeting in North Little Rock. (Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate) The Arkansas Board of Corrections ...
Libraries aren’t the only literary initiatives inside prison walls. Several Colorado groups — Unbound Authors, Colorado Radio ...
Iowa Department of Corrections director Beth Skinner talks to reporters during taping of "Iowa Press" at Iowa PBS studios in Johnston on Aug. 26, 2022. (Screenshot from Iowa PBS) Buy Photo The Gazette ...
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