The parole of David Allen Funston, a convicted child molester, has sparked intense public reaction and renewed scrutiny of ...

Most people don’t end up in prison because they’re dangerous. They end up there because they’re unhealed, unsupported, and trying to survive.

Less than 2% of elderly parolees reoffend. Those with sex offenses must register and often get treatment and wear a monitor.

California’s elderly parole hearing process has been thrust into the spotlight after convicted child molester David Allen Funston was granted parole, who has since been arrested on new charges in ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. PIERRE, S.D. — The state of South Dakota must do a better job of ...

Several states this year have reported lower rates of recidivism, showing that fewer convicted criminals are being re-arrested after leaving prison. But those statistics hardly tell the full story.

When Karina Lariz was released from a California prison in September 2021, she had only the clothes she was arrested in — stretched out and weathered by time. She had lost her home, her car and her ...

Iowa Department of Corrections director Beth Skinner says the recidivism rate among individuals who’ve been released from prison has dropped for a third straight year — meaning there’s a decline in ...

Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) Director Chad Dotson announced today that for the 11th straight year, Virginia has achieved one of the lowest recidivism rates for re-incarceration in the ...

Arkansas has one of the highest prison recidivism rates in the country, with nearly 50% of inmates back behind bars within three years of their release. Sen. Ben Gilmore of Crossett and reentry ...

The Arkansas Board of Corrections has approved an anti-recidivism program backed by Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, which will ...

The long-term decline in the number of individuals in state prisons has led to a demographic shift toward an older ...