Offender Reentry: Correctional Statistics, Reintegration into the Community, and Recidivism

James, Nathan

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Prison administration;    Prison overcrowding;    Criminal justice;    Prisons;    Rehabilitation of criminals;   

RP-ID  :  RL34287
RP-ID  :  RL34287_2014Feb25

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report provides background information regarding the prison population in the United States that has been growing steadily for more than 30 years. The report presents correctional system statistics and discusses the federal government's involvement in offender reentry programs and the Second Chance Act (P.L. 110-199) that was enacted on April 9, 2008.