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Fewer S.C. Convicts Returning to Prison, Study Finds

The Post and Courier By Glenn Smith When inmates finished serving time in Columbia's state prisons, their first encoun...

Environmental Programs Grow a Better Prison System

GreenBiz By Sarah Hicks The Prison Policy Initiative creates a yearly pie chart that details the makeup of the U.S. prison system. In ...

The Need for a Helping Hand

Portland Tribune By Peter Korn Robert Lyday never even made it past the sidewalk in front of the Old Town Greyhound bus station. He’d been re...

Opinion: Vermont Leads the Way on Juvenile Justice Reform

Bennington Banner By Sen. Dick Sears and Vincent Schiraldi Vermont recently became the first state in the 119-year history of America’s youth co...

Entrepreneurship May Be Key to Cutting Prison Costs

Tallahassee Democrat By Stephany Bittar and Val Rodriguez Recidivism — the tendency for a formerly incarcerated person to re-offend and return t...

Reentry Center 'Grads' Share Struggles, Successes

Village Soup By Fran Gonzalez Four Maine Coastal Regional Reentry Center graduates described their personal paths to sobriety and recovery ...

The Sister of Second Chances

The New York Times By John Leland Venita Pinckney grew up around Catholic schools and churches, and she thought she knew about nuns. Then a smal...

When Your Prison Becomes Your Paycheck

The Marshall Project By Maurica Chammah and Joseph Neff In 2010, Cindy Stubbs was nearing the end of a 14-year sentence in a South Carolina pris...

Justice Department Announces $53 Million in Grant Awards to Reduce Recidivism Among Adults and Youth

U.S. Department of Justice The Justice Department announced today that it will award grants totaling $53 million to 45 jurisdictions, to reduce rec...

Reentry Week Programs for Formerly Incarcerated

New Haven Register By Clare Dignan About 100 people come out of prison to return home to the city every month. This week begins an awareness cam...

Reentry Population

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