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Reducing Recidivism Video from the Pew Center on the States

States spend $50 billion a year on corrections, yet four out of ten prisoners wind up back behind bars within three years of release. In this short video produced by the Pew Center on the States, you can learn how states are breaking this cycle of recidivism, and saving money, by implementing evidence-based programs and policies including risk assessment, fiscal incentives and swift and certain sanctions. To watch the video, click here.

Available online

http://www.youtube.com/

Date

12/1/11

Publisher

Pew Center on the States

Periodical

2011

Where published

Washington, D.C.