Cost Of Recidivism

The cost of recidivism stretches further than just the former inmates. The U.S Department of Labor discovered that when a civilian goes back to prison their households and family dynamics that are already fragile struggle to cope with the loss of the individual again, their communities begin to grow accustomed to a culture of crime and incarcerated community members becomes a norm. Furthermore, prisons are partly funded by taxpayer monies, by funneling these dollars towards sustainable reentry programs a reduction of reduction of state prisons may occur and civilians could overall feel safer. The last and arguably most important result that could evolve from the systematic development of effective reentry programs would be that the lives of