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Strategies to enable probation and parole to help offenders reintegrate into society can have a dramatic effect on recidivism rates

The criminal justice system needs more resources to improve reintegration efforts and help ex-offenders find jobs and housing so they’re less likely to re-offend

Do you know how to get through a fence quickly when you need to?

Inmates, staff say fires are used to cook food, warm coffee, light contraband cigarettes or drugs or just to stay warm

Fifty of the state’s more than 126,000 prisoners absconded last year

The plan had surprised the union and even drew criticism from justice reformers

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the sticker has since been removed — and Sheriff Robert Luna faulted oversight officials for not telling him about the image sooner

While GPS units can help monitor offenders, probation and parole officers must use them in conjunction with other supervision methods

The program is for domestic violence, sexual assault and forcible felony offenders awaiting trial

Series of issues ranges from inmate logistics to appeals and staffing that state officials will have to grapple with since the landmark ruling