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The US prison population stands at 1.43 million persons, with an additional 740,000 persons in local jails. Nearly all will eventually return to society. This review examines the available evidence on how the experience of incarceration is likely to impact the probability that formerly incarcerated individuals will reoffend.
Recidivism is often measured by criminal acts that resulted in rearrest, reconviction, or return to incarceration with or without a new sentence during a specific follow-up period following the person's release (e.g., for 3 years post-release).
Mar 20, 2020 · We find that better physical health while in prison as well as gains in physical health post-release are associated with a higher odds of recidivating in general. For mental health, conversely, better health in prison is related to lower recidivism odds outside of prison.
- Danielle M Wallace, Xia Wang
- 2020
Mar 1, 2022 · Those are just two takeaways from a ten-year study of prisoner recidivism released in September 2021 by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice.
May 17, 2022 · It has been suggested that certain prisons may increase the risk of reoffending beyond individual-level risk factors [ 10, 11] because they differ in important factors that could affect recidivism, such as availability of rehabilitation programs or mental health services [ 12, 13 ].
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0267941
- 2022
- PLoS One. 2022; 17(5): e0267941.
Apr 28, 2022 · These data only describe specific legal system actions — such as arrests, convictions, or incarceration — but do not describe crimes that went undetected. These rates may also include non-criminal parole violations, and can reflect biases of the criminal justice system, such as where to police or who to arrest.
Oct 21, 2016 · Measured in terms of incarceration rather than arrest, recidivism is lower: 55 percent of released state prisoners had a parole or probation violation or a new arrest that led to reincarceration ...
