LOS ANGELES (CBSLA)-- The Los Angeles Police Department on Tuesday announced the launch of an anti-recidivism program. The LAPD created the ATI Pre-File Diversion Program in cooperation with Los ...

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 ...

SANTA CRUZ — Santa Cruz County needs a new main jail — but not until an effective anti-recidivism program has been funded and deployed, a civil panel of local residents found in a new analysis. Each ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – A recent meeting of the Arkansas Board of Corrections ended with its approval of an anti-recidivism program backed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Officials said the plan focuses ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GOSHEN — After unexpectedly losing over $200,000 in state funding, the sheriff’s office hopes to keep two caseworkers who are ...

Inside a New Mexico prison program where inmates train shelter dogs, build empathy and prepare for life after release.

Judge Phil Naumoff hopes his reentry court can help the formerly incarcerated residents of Richland County find stability. At a recent reentry court graduation in Mansfield, two men stepped up to the ...

Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Justin Jones said Oklahoma does well in its rate of recidivism, which is defined as the number of inmates who are released from prison but return to state ...

The Louisiana Department of Corrections overstated savings from 2017 Justice Reinvestment Initiative reforms by more than $200,000 out of about $37.8 million, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor reports ...

When Pulaski County resident Bryan Burrow declined a judge's offer of 30 years behind bars, he was seeking a second chance in the state's criminal justice system where nearly half of those released ...