Recidivism In Prisons

In corrections, there are a wide variety of people, which is one of the budget challenging today. However, the correction system is using programing for specific inmates to try and lower recidivism rates. In corrections, we have three different populations which are: prison, probation, and parole. The major population that exists in corrections that has raised is the probation and parole. From the U.S Department of Justice, we saw a decrease in numbers from 2014 to 2015. “At yearned 2015, an estimated 6,741,400 persons were supervised by U.S. adult correctional systems, a decrease of about 115,600 persons from yearned 2014” (BJS). In the year 2015, there was a decline in both community supervision and incarcerated population. However, most of the U.S. correctional population was from parole and probation. “About 7 in 10 persons under correctional supervision were …show more content…
Treating the inmates with physical, mental illness, and addicts. However, healthcare is significant the population in correction in trying to reduce recidivism or violation of probation when released. One problem exists for prisons that are far from population that require a higher than average compensation, so, it can get the attention of medical staff. This means that hospitals are a further transportation distance, which means the expense goes up. However, the population of inmates that require more expensive care are the older inmates. The older population are more likely to suffer from chronic medical and mental conditions. These consist of dementia, impaired mobility, and loss of hearing and vision. Due to these conditions in prisons, the demand of staffing levels rise and special housing for the older inmates are required. This rises the expense of medical and non- medical expenses. Coming into corrections, I knew there were expenses, however, I never thought these specific expenses that are