FIVE PROGRAM MODELS FOR REDUCING RECIDIVISM

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FIVE PROGRAM MODELS FOR REDUCING RECIDIVISMPublished byThe Maryland Public Policy InstituteOne Research Court, Suite 450Rockville, Maryland 2021Nothing written here is to be construed as the official opinion of the Maryland Public Policy Institute or as an attempt to aid or hinder the passage of any bill before the Maryland General PROGRAM MODELS FOR REDUCING RECIDIVISM BY SEAN KENNEDYAPPROACHING RECIDIVISM AND RE-ENTRYRe-entry success for released prisoners is hard to define as different stakeholders, including former inmates themselves, disagree on what measures return productive and reformed citizens. But the narrower and clearer metric for successful re-entry is RECIDIVISM , or the rate and nature of re-offense by the released inmate.

begins on prison intake, not exit. Each of the profiled programs – in varying degrees and to varying levels of success – seek to reach inside the wire to make prisoners’ lives more suc-cessful on the outside. The programs examined include: 1. Privately managed program in state facilities— Continuum of Care 2.

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