Pennsylvania Department of Corrections 2013 Recidivism Report

February 8, 2013
The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (PADOC) is restructuring its community corrections system to implement the Safe Community Reentry Program and is in the process of rebidding its community corrections contracts to implement performance-based contracts linked to reducing recidivism rates. On January 7, 2013, the PADOC released a request for proposals (RFP 6100024114) seeking community corrections housing and treatment services, and on February 28, 2013, released a report on baseline six-month, one-year, and three-year rearrest and reincarceration rates for offenders paroled to a community corrections center and offenders paroled to “the street.” The baseline . . .