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The Impact of California's Probation Incentive Program
California's probation system has been a major driver of prison admission, but early analysis shows that an incentive program is cutting probation revocations and corrections costs. more
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December 7, 2011
Reducing Recidivism
States spend $50 billion a year on corrections, yet more than four out of ten prisoners wind up back behind bars within three years of release. more
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- Issue Brief
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Risk-Needs Assessment 101: Science Reveals New Tools to Manage Offenders
This 2011 report looked at how these tools can help officials to better identify offenders at a high risk of reoffending, while also pinpointing the types of supervision and services that are most likely to prevent future criminal behavior and slow the revolving door of America’s prisons.
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2011 Kentucky Reforms Cut Recidivism, Costs
Public safety reforms passed in 2011 will save the state $422 million over 10 years. more
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April 11, 2011
State of Recidivism
More than four in ten offenders nationwide return to state prison within three years of their release despite a massive increase in state spending on prisons, according to this 2011 report.
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The Revolving Door of America's Prisons
The correctional landscape varies dramatically in scale, policy and practice from state to state. Pew's analysis of state level data uncovered interesting findings related to prisoner releases and rates of recidivism in the past decade.
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October 19, 2010
Kentucky: A Data-Driven Effort to Protect Public Safety and Control Corrections Spending
This 2010 brief by the Pew Center on the States explored why Kentucky's prison population expanded and detailed the steps state leaders were taking to contain correction costs while protecting public safety.
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Hawaii's HOPE Program
Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program identifies probationers at high risk of violating the conditions of their community supervision, and deters them from using drugs and committing crimes with frequent and random drug tests backed up by swift, certain and short jail stays. more
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January 15, 2010
The Impact of Hawaii's HOPE Program on Drug Use, Crime and Recidivism
New research on Hawaii's Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program shows that HOPE probationers served or were sentenced to an average of 48 percent fewer days in jail and prison. more
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July 17, 2009
Maximum Impact
This 2009 report explored how, at a time when states are facing historic budget deficits, state leaders can prevent a large share of the nation’s criminal activity and cut corrections costs.
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