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Virginia proved last year that achieving the nation's lowest re-incarceration rate in 2016 was no fluke. At 22.4 percent, the 2017 rate was down a full percentage point from the year before, The News Virginian reports. Of 11.576 offenders released in fiscal year 2013, 2,588 were re-incarcerated within three years. The national rate is about 68 percent. Virginia officials credit their success to career and...

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