Defendant pods at the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center have open air rec areas and plenty of daylight (Amanda Pampuro/Courthouse News). DENVER (CN) — The Colorado House Judiciary Committee on ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The staffing crisis inside New York state prisons continues. In most cases, visitation hours remain limited and outdoor recreation time for incarcerated people is reduced as the ...

A new study sought to determine the effects of a college-in-prison program, the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI). The study found a large and significant reduction in recidivism rates across racial groups ...

Crime rates are increasing across the United States. If history is any indication, many policymakers and Americans will look to our prisons and jails in the next few years to stop the crime rise. But ...

We know for a fact—as credible a fact as we get from the criminal justice system—that more than eight out of 10 prisoners in the United States are rearrested after release. These data suggest some ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WHNT) — It was all about recidivism Tuesday at a meeting of the state’s Reentry Task Force. Recidivism is the likelihood that someone formerly incarcerated will commit another ...