May 2, 2018
Marcus King, senior community outreach administrator for the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) signs off on community service hours for one of Aurora University’s criminal justice students who participated in a recent IDOC Summit of Health. The summit sought to engage parolees in the reentry process by connecting them to health providers who discussed resources in the community.
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Help with substance abuse, mental health services and education serve as key factors in reducing recidivism rates
According to the Bureau of Prisons, there are 207,847 people incarcerated in federal prisons. Roughly half (48.6 percent) are in for drug offenses. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there are 1,358,875 people in state prisons. Of them, 16 percent have a drug crime as their most serious offense. Moreover, data from a national study in five major American cities indicated that at the time of arrest, 63% to 83% of people had drugs in their system.