In response to our initial report, the Department has taken steps to improve program data, has adopted a standard definition of recidivism, and has identified additional measures of program success.
The Department's data verification efforts are currently focused on education data and less focused on other program data, such as substance abuse treatment data.
The Department should expand its review of data to include substance abuse, wellness, and funded self-betterment programs.

Policy Review of Reincarceration in Florida's Prisons Administered by the Department of Corrections
Report 95-06 September 1995

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