“These are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes I made and the mistakes that a lot of you guys made. What distinguishes many convicts is a lack of support and second chances.” Barack Obama Not too long a time ago, the 2011 “Brown v. Plata” sharply split 5:4 the US Supreme Court, when it affirmed a lower court case ruling that the … [Read more...] about How the Bahamas is Addressing the Country’s Incarceration Rate
re-entry programs
A way to solve the prison crisis and reduce recidivism
Photo by Olga Espinoza In 2007, the Ministry of the Interior and Public Security in Chile launched a pilot program for the social reintegration of convicts. Compared to other reintegration programs, its great advantage was that it followed an evidence-based model: The Risk-Need-Responsivity Model, one of the models most often used in prisons, and one amply supported … [Read more...] about A way to solve the prison crisis and reduce recidivism