MassachusettsMassachusetts reports third-quarter correctional population and recidivism data
The Department of Correction reports third-quarter 2025 counts of people admitted, released, held in custody or supervised in the community.
What it does
The Department of Correction reports third-quarter 2025 counts for admissions, releases, custody, community supervision and recidivism.
Argument forThe report could help readers understand correctional populations by showing admissions, releases, custody counts, supervision levels and recidivism rates.
Argument againstReaders could misread the recidivism rates because the report says yearly rates may not add up due to rounding and counts some technical violations.
More detail
The Department of Correction reports quarterly counts and rates for people in its custody or under supervision. The report covers Massachusetts correctional populations and includes people held in state or county facilities, as well as some people under community supervision. The report covers the third quarter of calendar year 2025. Its custody snapshot is dated September 30, 2025, and its recidivism rates cover people released in 2019.
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History
- 2026
- Sep 28Placed on fileIntroduced
Criminal JusticePublic SafetyNational Security