Making Sentencing Guideline work to Reduce Recidivism

This is a letter sent by Judge Marcus from Oregon to the Sentencing Commission. He discusses recidivism and how changes in the current system could lower the rate.
He also provides a link to show what Virginia did with its sentencing guidelines and the result that they achieved.

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/SMMarcus/FedGuidelinesComment.pdf