Justice Reinvestment and Supervision Practices
3A. FRONTLOAD: Supervision and supports should be focused on the
period when people are most likely to reoffend
North Dakota Three-year re-arrest rates among prison releases, FY2012
N = 1,048
44%
500
not re-arrested
450
459
400
32%
re-arrested
350
A majority of new
arrests are for drug
offenses or court
violations
300
335
250
17%
rearrested
200
150
100
50
178
7%
rearrested
76
0
No re-arrest within 3
years of release
Re-arrested within 1
year of release
Re-arrested 1-2 years
after release
Re-arrested 2-3 years
after release
Average number of days from
release to re-arrest: 166
FY2012 releases are used to allow for three full years from the date of release
Source: DOCR prison release data files; BCI criminal history data
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