Recidivism & reentry
What makes people more or less likely to succeed upon release?
- The benefits of guaranteed income for formerly incarcerated people extend to their families and communities (Created: 2026)
- Guaranteed income for formerly incarcerated people increases likelihood of full-time employment over time (Created: 2026)
- Guaranteed income for formerly incarcerated people results in lower rates of recidivism (Created: 2026)
- Almost all jurisdictions restrict the movement of people on probation (Created: 2024)
- Incarceration makes it harder to quit even a bad job (Created: 2024)
- Formerly incarcerated people typically earn well below the income requirements for public housing assistance (Created: 2023)
- Changes in county-level arrest rates following statewide Medicaid expansion (Created: 2022)
- Contrary to myth, people incarcerated for violent offenses and released are least likely to be arrested again (Created: 2022)
- Formerly incarcerated people face alarming rates of joblessness (Created: 2022)
- Formerly incarcerated people earn far less than the general population (Created: 2022)
- Solitary confinement increases the risk of premature death after release (Created: 2020)
- Increased risk of death after release from prison for people who experienced solitary confinement compared to those who did not (Created: 2020)
- "Halfway House" can refer to facilities that differ in function, purpose, and level of carcerality (Created: 2020)
- Very few states track and publish and recidivism data for people on probation (Created: 2020)
- Most states track and publish just one measure of post-release recidivism (Created: 2020)
- 81,000 women are released from state prisons each year (Created: 2019)
- Nine-year recidivism rates by offense category (Created: 2019)
- Re-arrest rates are lowest among people convicted of violent offenses (Created: 2019)
- Recently incarcerated people are over 40 times more likely to die from an opioid overdose (Created: 2018)
- Formerly incarcerated people of color face the greatest educational disadvantages (Created: 2018)
- Educational exclusion raises unemployment rates of formerly incarcerated people (Created: 2018)
- It's getting harder for formerly incarcerated people to compete in an increasingly skilled labor market (Created: 2018)
- Homelessness is part of the larger problem of housing insecurity (Created: 2018)
- Housing insecurity is nearly three times more common than homelessness alone (Created: 2018)
- Gender, race, and ethnicity combine to put women of color at greater risk of homelessness (Created: 2018)
- The revolving door of prison contributes to homelessness (Created: 2018)
- Homelessness rates among formerly incarcerated people (Created: 2018)
- For formerly incarcerated people looking for jobs, it's worse than the Great Depression (Created: 2018)
- Race and gender disparities in unemployment and job type among formerly incarcerated people active in the labor market (Created: 2018)
- When they can find work, formerly incarcerated women of color are often relegated to part-time jobs (Created: 2018)
- The "prison penalty" in unemployment disproportionately punishes formerly incarcerated Black men and women (Created: 2018)
Events
- July 9, 2026:
Join the Prison Policy Initiative, Latino Justice, and the MacArthur Justice Center for a powerful webinar focused on the parole board process and the case for the presumption of release. It will begin with a firsthand account from Frank Silva and his interview for freedom followed by Clinical Professor of Law Heidi Rummel and the legality of “presumption of release,” and how California’s framework has shifted the burden of proof.
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