Since the mid-1970s, the United States has experienced an enormous rise in incarceration
and accompanying increases in returning prisoners and in postrelease community …

Although risk assessment tools have been widely used to inform sentencing decisions, there
is uncertainty about the extent and quality of evidence of their predictive performance when …

In the era of mass incarceration, over 600,000 people are released from federal or state
prison each year, with many returning to chaotic living environments rife with violence. In …

Rates of food insecurity skyrocketed during the COVID‐19 pandemic, doubling overall and
tripling among households with children. Even before the pandemic, the rate of food …

The historic increase in US incarceration rates made the transition from prison to community
common for poor, prime-age men and women. Leaving prison presents the challenge of …

Existing research suggests that individuals who are released from prison face considerable
challenges in obtaining access to safe, stable, and affordable places to live and call home …

The United States has experienced dramatic increases in both incarceration rates and the
population of insecurely housed or homeless persons since the 1980s. These marginalized …

Purpose High rates of recidivism among released prisoners have prompted policymakers
and practitioners to explore novel solutions. Although visitation has been a facet of routine …

This paper estimates the impact of local labor market conditions on criminal recidivism using
administrative prison records on four million offenders released from 43 states between …

Objectives While the economic model of crime suggests that improving post-prison labor
market prospects should reduce recidivism, evaluations of previous employment-oriented re …