Arizona expands inmate job training with federal funds to cut prison violence and reduce recidivism

About Face aims to keep women from reoffending

A new women’s sentencing program has opened its doors in Stillwater in hopes of closing the door on substance abuse and recidivism.

Arizona expands inmate job training with federal funds to cut prison violence and reduce recidivism

PHOENIX — Arizona is going to use federal funds to provide more job training for inmates in a plan to reduce recidivism -- and, as the state’s prison chief says, to cut down on violence behind bars.