Tennessee spends hundreds of millions of dollars each year to house inmates, but prison education, which reduces recidivism, can help cut costs.

Education programs can reduce recidivism. A 2018 meta-analysis published ... Prison education programs can help: The 2018 meta-analysis found that rates of employment post-release increase by ...

As an example, programs like Mount Tamalpais College report a 17 percent recidivism rate, showing that prison education programs can dramatically reduce reoffending. In another example ...

Education is a critical tool in both the prevention and reduction of juvenile delinquency. Comprehensive educational strategies—including early intervention, value-based curricula, and community ...

Lawmakers adopted a bill that will allow Anchorage to make improvements to Upper Canyon Road, which leads to Chugach State ...

In 2012, the Bill Logue detention center had a 44 percent recidivism rate, while 59 percent of the ... “It really is joining these three entities — education, juvenile justice and mental ...

Virginia would be positioned to save millions of dollars, based on data that prison education helps to cut recidivism rates by 48%, according to Doughtery. DOC would need more staffing and more ...

Supporting Transitions And Reentry program is a community-based referral program geared toward reducing recidivism in partnership with the courts, corrections and the community. Supporting ...

THAT POWERFUL EDUCATION. NOW, THEY SAY THAT IT’S HARD TO TRACK RECIDIVISM RATES, AND SO THEY DON’T ACTUALLY HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF DATA. THEY EXPECT TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME NUMBERS IN A COUPLE YEARS.