rehabilitative program was aimed at improving the social skills and labor market attachment of young offenders aged 15 to 17. A … characteristics of the young offenders. The juvenile punishment experiment was initially conducted in certain criminal courts only and …

incarceration cycle that is detrimental to individuals, families, and communities. There is tremendous public interest in ending …

The majority of individuals released from prison face limited employment opportunities and do not successfully … randomized evaluations of employment-focused programs find increases in employment but little impact on recidivism. Recent … evidence points to wages and job quality as important determinants of recidivism among former prisoners. …

Certification Program (PIECP) on unemployment duration, length of formal employment, and earnings of men and women released from … investigated. The program is found to increase reported earnings and formal employment on the extensive margin, with a stronger … impact on the formal employment of women. There is little evidence that it increases formal employment along the intensive …

deleterious effects. We study the effects on incarceration when prisoners are used primarily as a source of labor using evidence … new estimates on the value of prison labor and the effects of labor demand shocks on incarceration. We find that prison …. Positive economic shocks increased incarceration rates over the colonial period. This result is reversed in the postcolonial …