The Reentry & Diversion Services Market – Best Practices In A Fragmented Market

Reentry and diversion services focused on reducing recidivism among justice-involved consumers is a huge challenge for the criminal justice system. And getting an exact idea of how large that market is, is also a challenge. Here’s what we know.

The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reports that as of 2010 (the latest year statistics are available), states collectively spent $48.5 billion on their correctional systems (including reentry services) in 2010, amounting to $28,000 per prisoner per year. The average annual cost to confine an inmate in a Residential Re-entry Center in 2015 was $26,082 . . .