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State Prisoners Often Return, Report Shows (867 words) |
 | State prisons have a revolving door, according to a report based on the largest study ever conducted of the relapse into criminal behavior in the United States. |
 | States such as Connecticut have seen persistent problems with prison crowding despite a 10-year decline in arrest and crime rates, and officials have pointed to recidivism as the reason. |
 | State prisoners with the highest re-arrest rates were those jailed for stealing cars (70 percent), possessing stolen property (77 percent), larceny (75 percent), burglary (74 percent), robbery (70 percent), or those possessing illegal weapons (70 percent). |
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Arizona State Prison Complex - Tucson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (233 words) |
 | Arizona State Prison Complex - Tucson is one of 13 prison facilities operated by the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC). |
 | ASPC-Tucson is located in Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, 127 miles south from the state capital of Phoenix, Arizona. |
 | ASPC-Tucson prison had its beginnings as the Arizona Correctional Training Facility its first phase opened in January 1978; it was fully open by August 1979, housing 384 non-violent male first offenders, age 18-25 A separate unit held juvenile males convicted as adults, as it does today. |