From Press Telegram:
Through use of extensive wraparound services, an intensive Los Angeles County program reduced the number of released inmates who return to incarceration by 17% — results that are almost three times greater than similar programs throughout the state, a new study shows.
An analysis of the county’s Reentry Intensive Case Management Services (RICMS) program aimed at helping released inmates assimilate into society found that during the first year in the program, about 72% of participants were not re-arrested or incarcerated in jail, as compared to 66% for those who were not participating in the program.
The study, conducted by Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MRDC) released last month, found the county’s program reduced recidivism by 6% as compared to those not in the program. But when MRDC compared the county program in a comparative study looking at 53 other programs, the difference was much higher. Continue reading >>>
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