According to a 2021 report from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 61% of prisoners released in 2008 were re-incarcerated within 10 years. Compare that to justice-involved Veterans, whose recidivism rates range from 1% to 10% in the various Veterans Treatment Courts across the country, according to Justice for Veterans, a division of the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. Prosecutors can refer arrested Veterans into treatment and avoid unnecessary incarceration.