The US Has the Highest Recidivism Rates In the World—Here’s Why
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MARCH 25, 2024
also leads the world in recidivism—when a person convicted of a crime has another encounter with the justice system. A 2021 Bureau of Justice Statistics study found that 66% of people released from prison in 24 different states in 2008 were re-arrested within three years. Recidivism statistics in the U.S. are bleak.
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