Reducing Recidivism
In the United States, recidivism rates are above 50%. Supervision officers are loaded with cases, with 70% of their supervised individuals struggling with behavioral health and/or substance abuse issues. Evidence has shown that punishment in and of itself does not rehabilitate. Punitive approaches in corrections have seldom achieved favorable outcomes. They tend to be ineffective in reducing recidivism because they do not address why released prisoners fail when transitioning from prison to the community.
To more effectively reduce recidivism, a major shift from punishment to rehabilitation is needed in which there is substantially greater involvement in programming. The best recidivism outcomes occur when individuals participate in multiple effective interventions.
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