High-Risk Revocation Reduction (HRRR) Program in Minnesota
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Description

This is a social reintegration program for high-risk male offenders who have failed to comply with the requirements of the open regime and returned to prison. The aim is to reduce recidivism by providing assistance and setting goals and strategies for life after leaving prison.
The program provides planning for a return to the community at least 60 days before release from prison, as well as intimate partner violence prevention services, mentoring, and assistance with housing, employment, and transportation.
Participants are guided by a reintegration coordinator, a community supervisor, and an institutional case manager, and continue to receive follow-up services from six months to a year after completing their sentence.

Impact evaluations

An impact assessment showed that the program had a statistically significant effect in terms of reducing revocation and reconviction. However, it did not have a statistically significant effect in terms of reducing new arrests and recidivism into other offenses [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Clark, V. A. (2015). Making the most of second chances: An evaluation of Minnesota's high-risk revocation reduction reentry program. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 11(2), 193–215. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-014-9216-5

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