Recidivism

L.A. Riots: A Rose Grows Through Concrete 20 Years Later

Carol Biondi | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Education, Probation, Incarceration, Prison, Recidivism, California Community Foundation, Race Relations, Bloom, Prejudice, Advocacy, Home News

Twenty years after the L.A. riots, can philanthropy play a meaningful role in addressing the gross over-representation of Black males in prisons and correctional facilities in California?

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20 Years After L.A. Riots, Nonprofit Fights Prejudices, Advocates A Better First Chance

Carol Biondi | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Education, Probation, Incarceration, Recidivism, Prison, California Community Foundation, Bloom, Prejudice, Advocacy, Race Relations, Impact News

Twenty years after the L.A. riots, can philanthropy play a meaningful role in addressing the gross over-representation of Black males in prisons and correctional facilities in California?

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Updated EEOC Policy Forces Employers To Give Fair Shot To Ex-Offenders

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Black Voices News, Criminal Background Checks, Ex-Convicts, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Recidivism, Bv-Politics, Eeoc, Black Voices News

Kenneth Wilson has been looking for a job for more than two and a half years. But every single job interview that he's had seems to start and end the ...

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Mass Incarceration as a Public Policy

Michael Santos | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Public Policy, Federal Prison, Mass Incarceration, Professor Jonathan Simon, Recidivism, Prison, James Q Wilson, Crime News

The objective of building a massive prison system didn't include mechanisms that would encourage prisoners to work toward earning freedom, to redeem themselves, or to prepare for a return to society as law-abiding citizens.

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Lead Juvenile Justice Expert Says State Facilities Should Stay Open

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Chief Justice Earl Warren, Department of Juvenile Justice, Barry Krisberg, Recidivism, Realignment, Djj, UC Berkeley, Juvenile Justice, Youth Justice, Cya, California Youth Authority, Impact News

By: Sayre Quevedo For more than thirty years, it's been Barry Krisberg's priority to fight for reforms in California's state juvenile correction...

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Life After Incarceration: Don't Forget About The 7 Million Children Affected

Mindy Tarlow | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Recidivism, Criminal Justice System, Incarceration, Prison, Baron Johnson, Mdrc, The Center for Employment Opportunities, New York City, Children, Spring Into Action, Spring-Into-Action, Impact News

When individuals return home from incarceration, they rarely return back to the lives they left behind.

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Mugging in Paradise

Ed Koch | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Prison Reform, Mandatory Sentencing, Stephen Breyer Robbed, Recidivism, Crime, Stephen Breyer, New York News

Today, crime no longer the number one issue on people's minds, pressure has been building to reduce sentences and eliminate mandatory minimums imposed for many violent crimes.

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WATCH: Which Country's Prison System Lets Inmates Go Hunting?

Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: Video, Recidivism, Prison System, Prison Policy, Greenland, Greenland Prisons, Prisons, Jail, Open Prison System, World News

Where in the world are prisoners served breakfast buffets, allowed to go on snowy hikes, and given permission to handle firearms? In the video above, ...

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Recidivism in Philadelphia

Paul Heroux | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Incarceration, Recidivism, Criminal Justice, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Reincarceration, Reincarceration, Philadelphia Recidivism, Prisons, Crime News

Jail is one of the largest recipients of persons with a serious mental illness. Is incarceration the best our society can do for people in need in America? It is incumbent upon the private and public sectors to make sure that help is available.

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Drug Courts: Enter At Your Own Risk

Margaret Dooley-Sammuli | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Drug Addiction, Drug Courts, Drug Treatment, Drug Policy Alliance, Recidivism, Incarceration, Public Health, Drugs, Drug Policy, Crime News

The drug war is forty years old this year. It's time to step back and ask ourselves what's the best way to solve the problem we're trying to solve -- how to reduce drug abuse and addiction -- and use the best available evidence to guide us.

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Family Support Imperative for Prison Inmates

Maureen Murdock | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Visiting Prisoners, California Recidivism, Prison Families, Recidivism, California Prisons, Families of Prisoners, Crime News

As time got short, we decided to have our picture taken. We were told to stand in front of a backdrop of blue skies with white fluffy clouds. The photo was blurred and the color was off, but we both smiled like we were somewhere in the Bahamas instead of a steel gray barbed wire enclosed sterile room.

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No Redemption for Ex-Offender by Tulane's Law School Students

Anthony Papa | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Law, Law School, Forgiveness, Recidivism, Redemption, Tulane University, Crime, Crime News

For the crime Bruce Reilly committed a life-time ago, he is now going through the ringer because of the stigma brought on by carrying the "scarlet letter" of being an ex-offender.

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Toward an Industry of Peace

Elena Quintana | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Mass Incarceration, Peace, Recidivism, Prison Industrial Complex, Prison Workers, Department of Corrections, Correctional Facility, Decreasing-Recidivism, Chicago News

When I was growing up I learned that, although not perfect, the United States had the "best justice system in the world." That bill of goods can not even be faintly passed off with a straight face to today's schoolchildren.

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Invest in Young Men and Boys of Color Now

Robert Schwartz | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Latinos, Young Men, Sacramento, Education Reform, California Budget Crisis, Recidivism, African Americans, Boys and Men of Color, Boys and Men of Color California, Impact News

In reality, it does not take very much to make a positive difference in a young man's life. Unfortunately, it takes even less to make a negative difference. If we continue to ignore the issues in our state in relation to boys and men of color, we will squander the human capital talent we have in our state.

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Reducing Recidivism: The Challenge of Successful Prisoner Re-Entry

Paul Heroux | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Second Chance, Incarceration, Recidivism, Crime, Second Chance Act, Prisoners, Criminal Justice, Inmates, Prison Inmates, Criminal Justice Reform, Expungement, Prison, Crime Prevention, Prisons, Decreasing-Recidivism, Criminal Records, Politics News

Programs won't ever reduce recidivism to zero, but if we can reduce it and improve the lives of offenders and potential victims, we must.

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Reducing Prison Overcrowding, Improving Justice and Preventing Crime

Paul Heroux | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: Criminal Justice System, Recidivism, Crime, Prison, Criminal Justice, Prisons, Crime Prevention, Prison Overcrowding, Decreasing Recidivism, Crime News

Prison is necessary. But there are many forms of punishment -- prison isn't our only option. Just as there are many forms of medicine to address illness, there also should be many forms of intervention to address the many forms criminal behavior.

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Investing in Our Youths

Rep. Charles Rangel | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Education, Poverty, Youth, Rep. Rangel, Recidivism, Incarceration, Charles Rangel, Blacks, Economy, Economic Crisis, Jobs, Jail, Congress, Hispanics, Charlie Rangel, Politics News

America can't succeed in the future when our children, especially minority youths, aren't given the tools and the chances necessary to thrive in today's global economy.

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Why We Can't Incarcerate Our Way Out of Crisis

Wes Moore | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Youth Prisons, US Prison System, Recidivism, Youth Prison Reform, Prison System, Obama Recidivism, Decreasing-Recidivism, Black Voices News

Innovative programs such as the Missouri Division of Youth Services (DYS) have long proven that departing from the large, prison-like correctional institutions in favor of smaller, regionally dispersed facilities is quantifiably and qualitatively more effective.

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Prisons and Politics

Michael Santos | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Eric Holder, Prison Industrial Complex, Prisons, Justice Department, Recidivism, Politics News

My experience of living in prison for 24 years convinces me that our prison system has a design to perpetuate failure. Politics is behind that system.

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New Study: With Prison, Try a Little Tenderness

Russ Baker | Posted 07.28.2011

Read More: Prison Reform, Prison, Recidivism, Politics News

In prison, if you treat people like animals, and surround them with unspeakable atrocity and terror on a daily basis, they don't come out very nice people.

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Pastor Of Second Chances

Katherine Marshall | Posted 07.28.2011

Read More: Homeboy, Los Angeles, Homeboy Industries, Gang Rehabilitation, Recidivism, Crime, Employment, Father Greg, Jobs, Gang Members, Gangs, Jesuits, Los Angeles Gangs, Religion News

Homeboy Industries today is a bustling bundle of different offices and departments. A non-profit organization, it is proud to call itself the largest gang rehabilitation program anywhere.

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A Shot Heard 'Round the World? Social Impact Bonds Bring Social Innovation to the Bay State

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Ronald Cohen, Impact Investing, Milken Global Conference, Social Entrepreneurship, Social-Impact-Bond, David Blood, Clinton Global Initiative, Recidivism, Deval Patrick, TED Conference, Social-Finance, Barack Obama, Massachusetts, Rockefeller Foundation, Goldman Sachs, Philanthropy, JP Morgan, Strategic Philanthropy, Impact News

SIBs represent the dawn of a new era, one that will accelerate the evolution of the Impact Economy.

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Director Tony Godinez and the Challenges Facing the Illinois Department of Corrections

John Maki | Posted 07.05.2011

Read More: Tony Godinez, Crime, John Howard Association, Cook County Jail, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Prisons, Adult Redeploy, Recidivism, Prison Overcrowding, Chicago News

Director Godinez is exceptionally qualified, with almost 40 years of corrections experience. This experience should serve him well as he confronts the significant challenges facing IDOC.

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Fiscal Conservatives Should Want Colorado Parolees to Succeed

Mike Krause | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Parole, Hickenlooper, Colorado General Assembly, Recidivism, Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, Independence Institute, Denver News

Technical parole revocations back to prison (where there is not a new crime, but rather some violation of the terms of parole) is an available area for lawmakers to seek out reforms for cost savings.

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Saving Lives: Contest to Create Jobs for the Formerly Incarcerated

Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Small Business, Nyc, Recidivism, Social Entrepreneurship, Prison, Jobs, Rehabilitation, Entrepreneurship, Impact News

With more states looking for an economic solution to solve their budgetary problems, more prisoners are being released early from their sentences.

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