On April $12,2013,$ state and federal officials gathered to discuss lessons learned on reducing recidivism and curbing corrections costs through the justice reinvestment initiative. W$.$ David Guice, Commissioner of the Division of Adult Correction, North Carolina Department of Public Safety, noted that $56$ percent of new prison admissions in the state were from probation revocations. Seventy$-$three percent of those probation revocations were for These types of data help states develop and implement alternative strategies to enhance public safety and reduce costs.