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State and local leaders have made recidivism reduction a public safety priority in recent years, pursuing a variety of strategies that are starting to see real results. A broad cross-section of states, 11 of which are profiled here, have experienced impressive declines in their return-to-prison rates since recidivism was at its most recent peak in each state. States measure recidivism in different ways, so the data presented here highlight individual examples of state success and are not for the sake of comparison. To sustain and expand the results that states are seeing, they must use recidivism reduction methods that work, take them to scale statewide, and rigorously track outcomes.
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