DPSCS Releasees Returned to Corrections within One, Two, and Three Years of Release: 1999 - 2012
The key metric of recidivism for Maryland and for the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is the cumulative percentage of releasees who return to Corrections within three years. Since the start of the O'Malley-Brown administration we have driven down recidivism rates at a record pace. This …