recidivism
These Startups Think Jobs Not Sentences Help Keep Ex-Offenders Out of Jail
Some young Londoners are on a mission to help reduce reoffending rates by employing inmates on release.
How These Pro Bono Lawyers Are Fighting Louisiana's Broken Court System
The Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana's mission is to stop recidivism by working for ex-offenders in legal trouble.
This New Jobs Platform Matches Ex-Offenders With Employers
Anywhere between 60 and 75 percent of ex-offenders are still unemployed a year after their release, so this new technology wants to bring those numbers down.
Pennsylvania Crime Initiative Works by Helping Former Inmates Get Jobs
Most of us still fail to really grasp how insurmountable the transition can be, but formerly incarcerated people can get help with access to the right resources.
How Music Is Keeping People from Going Back to Prison
An expanding California arts program is proven to cut recidivism and save prisons money. Can it be a new model for prison reform?
We're Launching an Apprentice Program for Formerly Incarcerated People
Starting early next year, we'll welcome formerly incarcerated people to work with us at our Brooklyn office in production, editorial, marketing, and other creative roles.
Why the Friendships You Make in Prison Should Stay Behind Bars
In federal prison, you form friendships with gang members, violent men, and a whole slew of drug dealers and users of every variety. What happens after that is sensitive.
At least four freed Gitmo detainees have returned to terrorism this year, US says
A new government report says at least four released Guantanamo Bay detainees have "returned to terrorist activities" in the first half of 2016.
Could Prison Mentors Reduce Australia's Sky High Recidivism Rates?
Getting ex-cons to help those still behind bars is working wonders around the world.
Ex-Cons Remember Their Worst Jobs After Being Released from Prison
From a gig as a farm hand that involved fixing a cow's prolapsed vagina, to a job that involved picking up trash while walking through raw sewage.
How Wall Street Dehumanized Teenage Inmates with Scientology-Infused Therapy
This is what happened when Goldman Sachs cash paid for teenage inmates on Rikers Island to try a bizarre therapy tinged with Scientology.