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Wisc. — Taxpayers pay a steep price — $33,221 annually per inmate — to keep Wisconsin’s 22,000-plus adult prisoners away from society.
While those figures are daunting, criminal justice officials say major progress is being made in cutting back on chronic offenders who make repeat trips to the state’s adult prisons. They point to findings of a recent state Department of Corrections report on recidivism as evidence that diversionary and community-based programs are making an impact.
The report revealed that the rate at which prisoners are committing new crimes following their release from prison — better known as recidivism — has been steadily declining since 1993.
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