The success of the Appalachian Judicial Circuit’s Accountability Courts underscores the value of evidence-based alternatives ...

Tis’ the season for family, friends and yummy food. While some spend the holidays cooped up in the kitchen, others take a different route and eat out. Gather 22 on the city’s near north side was ...

RIDGEVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) - The South Carolina Department of Corrections has the lowest recidivism rate in the country, but they want to make it even lower by teaching inmates job skills they can use ...

Budget constraints are largely responsible for the push to reduce recidivism rates in Vermont, where more than 70 percent of convicts re-offend within three years of their release. Annual Corrections ...

RACINE, WI — A man was released from the Racine County Jail in July with an ankle bracelet that required charging, but he was ...

RICHMOND — Virginia lawmakers advanced a bipartisan prison education reform bill, but Senate revisions altered its original scope. Del. Betsy B. Carr, D-Richmond, introduced House Bill 2158, which ...

The Pulaski County Detention Center is trying to break the recidivism cycle. In Kentucky, one-third of released inmates commit another crime and end up reincarcerated. That number is declining, but ...

Newly elected Alabama Chief Justice Sarah Stewart hopes to dramatically reduce recidivism in the state during her six-year term. [COURTESY] MONTGOMERY — Newly elected Alabama Chief Justice Sarah ...

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Dec. 10—SANTA FE — After several years of declining, New Mexico's rate of inmates who end up back in prison after being released has climbed back up to nearly 40%, a new legislative report found. The ...