The Effects of Private Prison Confinement in Minnesota on Offender Recidivism
Apr 14, 2014
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The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) recently completed an evaluation of the effects of private prison confinement on offender recidivism. The evaluation assessed the impact of incarceration at the Prairie Correctional Facility (PCF) in Appleton, Minnesota, on recidivism among 3,532 offenders released between 2007 and 2009. The average follow-up period for the offenders in this