Page Summary: States spend $50 billion a year on corrections, yet more than four out of ten prisoners wind up back behind bars within three years ... Elected leaders, police officers and members of the criminal justice community walked a mile in a newly-released prisoner's shoes ...
Recidivism And Reentry -
States spend $50 billion a year on corrections, yet more than four out of ten prisoners wind up back behind bars within three years ... Elected leaders, police officers and members of the criminal justice community walked a mile in a newly-released prisoner's shoes ... In the United States, over two-thirds of people who leave prison find themselves behind bars again within three years.
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- States spend $50 billion a year on corrections, yet more than four out of ten prisoners wind up back behind bars within three years ...
- Elected leaders, police officers and members of the criminal justice community walked a mile in a newly-released prisoner's shoes ...
- In the United States, over two-thirds of people who leave prison find themselves behind bars again within three years.
- Few groups in America face more difficult challenges than prisoners returning to society.
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