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Prison Population Trends

Open PDF file, 3.08 MB, Prison Population Trends 2024 (English, PDF 3.08 MB)

Open PDF file, 2.22 MB, Prison Population Trends 2025 (English, PDF 2.22 MB)

Three Year Recidivism Rates

Open PDF file, 1.61 MB, Three Year Recidivism Rates: 2019 Release Cohort (English, PDF 1.61 MB)

One Year Recidivism Rates

Communities Inmates Released to

Open PDF file, 590.57 KB, Communities Inmates Released to in 2016 (English, PDF 590.57 KB)

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