prisoners

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Most people leaving prison face an uphill battle navigating services focused on individual failures and punitive responses.

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Finding stable housing is one of the biggest challenges facing prison leavers. Access to public housing flattens the curve on recidivism.

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Vocation and education training plays big role in reducing recidivism rates according to new research. 

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Proposed changes to Victoria's drug laws and policies have potential but fall short in some key areas.

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The ACT's Extended Throughcare Pilot Program is helping reduce recidivism rates and crime in the community, a UNSW evaluation has found.

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A UNSW research trial to examine if e-cigarettes can help smokers quit and a world-first treatment for teenagers with PTSD and substance abuse are among projects to receive major backing in the latest NHMRC funding round.

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A study by US and UNSW researchers has found prisoners forced to withdraw from methadone are less likely to seek community treatment.