Nearly 70 inmates were celebrated at Escambia Jail graduation ceremonies for completing GED and other life skills courses so ...

When the Wisconsin Commutation Advisory Board meets on August 21 to review 12 applications for a commutation, a form of ...

Passed in 2018, the First Step Act sought to address re-entry challenges for inmates in the federal prison system. The legislation called for developing an assessment tool to identify inmates for ...

ALBANY — A new study released Wednesday found the state’s landmark “bail reform law” — eliminating bail for most misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies — actually reduced recidivism overall in New York ...

As efforts to reverse mass incarceration rise, so does the need to supervise more individuals in the community. Faced with heightened demand, corrections agencies increasingly use risk assessment to ...

Despite spending billions of taxpayer dollars on incarceration, many states continue to struggle with high recidivism rates.

A new type of financial investment being pioneered in the United Kingdom may be the key for breaking the cycle of recidivism — and it could be coming soon to a prison near you. Paul Solman visits ...

Every year, the government spends billions of dollars on programs designed to help America’s neediest citizens. In many cases, whether these programs work is anyone’s guess. Less than $1 out of every ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Anne Field covers impact entrepreneurship and impact investing. Nov 29, 2020, 02:36pm EST Nov 29, 2020, 06:03pm EST This article ...

I was listening to a BBC Radio 4 program one morning, where two so-called “experts” were discussing increasing imprisonment in the UK and its effect on crime rates. One expert was saying that ...

Republicans are denouncing Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s efforts to study whether Virginia’s no parole policies, in effect since 1995, should be eased. Among the most vocal critics is state Sen. Mark ...