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Abstract: 

B Diane Williams explains that states are unnecessarily spending millions of dollars on corrections, public safety, human services, and economic replenishing as a direct result of incarcerating more and more people. And yet we are seeing more destabilized communities, more troubled children, higher unemployment, lower education levels, a 67% national recidivism rate, and little to no drop in crime that can be directly tied to harsher sentencing. Further, neighborhoods where more people than average are arrested are seeing more crime in the year following the high arrest rates. The author argues that new solutions are needed and presents the Safer Foundation model as a viable alternative to “tough on crime” policies.

Keywords: reentry

Affiliations:  1: Safer Foundation, Chicago, IL.