Another positive outcome for nursery program is that it reduces recidivism rate in mothers. Mothers who have been admitted to nursery programs have decline in recidivism than those who have not. Joseph Carlson Jr. evaluated two separate group of pregnant inmates, those who were admitted into the program and those who were not. In his study, he concluded that women who did not go through the nursery program were more likely to reoffend than women who did go through the nursery program. Because of the program, women were able to reduce the recidivism rate by 32.2 percent (Carlson Jr., 2009). The reason for the recidivism rate to decline is that these programs included educational training for the mothers such as parenting and child development.
