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. States can break this cycle of recidivism, and save money, by implementing evidence-based programs and policies including risk assessment, fiscal incentives and swift and certain sanctions. To learn more, visit http://www.pewstates.org/projects/public-safety-performance-project-328068

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