Hawaii’s Imprisonment Policy and the Performance of Parolees Who Were Incarcerated In-State and on the Mainland
Publication Date:
1/2/2012
Author Information
David T. Johnson
Department of Sociology University of Hawaii at Manoa
Paul Perrone
Department of the Attorney General State of Hawaii
Janet T. Davidson
Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice Chaminade University of Honolulu
This is a report on recidivism rates between Hawaii prisoners incarcerated in Hawaii and in private prisons on the mainland which finds that that there is no significant difference in recidivism rates- which means private prisons do not do a better job than public prisons in reducing recidivism.
