Prison Conduct and Recidivism

Prison Conditions and Recidivism

Prison Conditions and Recidivism We use a unique data set on post-release behavior of former Italian inmates to estimate the effect of prison conditions on recidivism. By combining different sources of data we exploit variation in prison conditions measured by: 1) the extent of overcrowding at the prison level, 2) the number of deaths in the facility of detention during an inmate’s stay and 3) ...

Green prison programmes, recidivism and mental health: A primer

Although the USA has the largest prison population in the world, most prison rehabilitation programmes have been criticised for lacking any demonstrable efficacy, ultimately ‘having no appreciable effect on recidivism’ (Lipton et al., 1975, p. 25). Yet, since the 1990s, prisons around the USA have witnessed the growth of so-called green prison programmes. Prominent examples of such initiatives ...

Green prison programmes, recidivism and mental health: A primer.

Although the USA has the largest prison population in the world, most prison rehabilitation programmes have been criticised for lacking any demonstrable efficacy, ultimately ‘having no appreciable effect on recidivism’ (Lipton et al., 1975, p. 25). Yet, since the 1990s, prisons around the USA have witnessed the growth of so-called green prison programmes. Prominent examples of such initiatives ...

The Effects of Prison Visitation on Offender Recidivism

, this study examines the effects of prison visitation on recidivism among 16,420 offenders released from Minnesota prisons between 2003 and 2007. Using multiple measures of visitation (any visit, total number of visits, visits per month, timing of visits, and number of individual visitors) and recidivism (new offense conviction and technical violation revocation), the study found that visitati...

Opioid substitution treatment in prison and post-release: Effects on criminal recidivism and mortality