Photo:Business Insider On August 1, the Tech insider reported that Mark Zuckerberg wants to spend his billions reforming education, housing, and criminal justice. Zuckerberg and his...
The United States has 25% of the world’s inmates and only 5% of the world’s population. A major cause of our incarceration crisis lies...
Webster’s dictionary defines recidivism as “a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior; especially to relapse into criminal behavior.” The United States...
On November 30th, in the spirit of the holiday season, the Maryland Department of Corrections banned photos, hugging or a kiss at the beginning of any...
In 2013, the United states had 5 percent of the world’s population and 25 percent of the world’s inmates. One major cause of too many prisons...
Recidivism is a 10-letter word. When you first hear the word, it sounds like a disease. We know it is not a medical term, but it...
Why is Delaware so shocked about their high recidivism rate? Two past national reports revealed that two-thirds of the inmates in their studies were rearrested within...
There are constant moans, groans, and outcry in the United States about the high recidivism rate for released inmates. American society does not connect the lack...
The following posting discussed a reading program established in prisons throughout the United Kingdom. The majority of inmates in England have literacy problems. It is obvious...
It is no surprise that effective rehabilitation equals reduced recidivism. Reduced recidivism means less crime, more stable families, reduced prison budgets, and at the end of...
