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Kansas prisons see drop in recidivism

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Feb. 04, 2008 Kansas prisons see drop in recidivism By JIM SULLINGER The Star?s Topeka correspondent TOPEKA | The percentage of Kansas inmates who commit new crimes while on supervised release has dropped significantly over five years. The rate, which was a little more than 5 percent in 2002, fell to 2.2 percent last year, Corrections Secretary Roger Werholtz told lawmakers Monday. He attributed the reduction to increased legislative funding for programs that supervise inmates after they leave prison, and more dollars for alcohol and drug treatment. Werholtz said that with fewer offenders returning to prison, the number of inmates in Kansas prisons has decreased from 9,153 in 2004 to 8,854 in mid-2007. ?There is sufficient (prison) capacity to meet our needs for the next 10 years,? Werholtz told the House Appropriations Committee...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 05, 2008 (boomark / email).