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The PEW study on recidivism rates dropping from 2005-2015 paints a wonderful picture of an improving prison system, without enough data to back it up. There are plenty of states where the 3 year recidivism rate has dropped over the past 10 years, but they only showed/used data from 23… which is less than half of the country. It is hard to completely dismiss the findings though, and because of that we can see that programs aimed to help inmates upon release seem to be working. The goal of these programs is to save the taxpayer money by changing the behavior of inmates, so that once they are released, they are able to reintegrate into society. I think the article is made less trustworthy by showing how little data they used, which is unfortunate because it’s a feel good story, and you’d like to believe we’re making progress.