State, local resources lead Iowa to lowest recidivism rate in a decade

State, local resources lead Iowa to lowest recidivism rate in a decade

Tommy Miller was sitting in his first period high school biology class when police walked in and arrested him for a crime that would eventually land him in various prisons across Iowa for 17 1/2 years.While incarcerated, Miller said he was not the type of person to sit idly in his cell, counting down the days. Instead, he spent time reading any book he could get his hands on, taking classes the institutions offered, and doing groundskeeping work…