Pennsylvania Study Finds Halfway Houses Don’t Reduce Recidivism

Circle Connections: Policy & Regulatory Updates The federal government and states across the country have spent billions of dollars in recent years on sprawling, privately run halfway houses, which are supposed to save money and rehabilitate inmates more effectively than prisons do. But now, a groundbreaking Pennsylvania state study is casting serious doubt on the halfway-house model. The study by the Pennsylvania Corrections Department found that 67 percent of inmates sent to halfway houses were rearrested or sent back to prison within three years, compared with 60 percent of inmates who were released to the streets. The study examined . . .