Recidivism Legislation Could Include Addiction Services / Join Together, 18 Jan 2005

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Seeking to cut prison costs by curbing recidivism, Congressional leaders are working on legislation that could provide grants for delivering healthcare and other services to ex-offenders. The bipartisan effort was bolstered both by the recent Supreme Court ruling against mandatory minimum sentences and a new government report showing that 70 percent of the 650,000 people released from jails and prisons annually commit new crimes during the three years following their release.