Please summarize about the roles in prison in reducing recidivism from the link https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/if-we-want-fewer-prisoners-we-need-more-compassion-when-they-re-enter-society_us_55ad61a5e4b0caf721b39cd1

This article addresses the need for programs which help prisoners re-assimilate to society. Many prisoners are released without money or resources; the challenge of emerging into society without money and without much-needed counseling can result in many returning to prison very quickly. To combat this, some states have special re-entry programs aimed at assisting their former offenders and reducing recidivism rates.
In Louisiana, where the incarceration rate is very high, there is a program providing anger management classes and helping prisoners learn a trade. Recidivism rate has dropped, although it is not possible to correlate this directly with this particular program. San Quentin Prison in California offers college educations to its inmates. The National Criminal Justice Reference Service found in a 2013 study that programs like this do lower recidivism rates, and also that those who pursue college education in prison are likely to survive longer on the outside before reoffending.
Of course, there are those who oppose these programs as a poor use of tax dollars. However, given that a college education "inside" greatly minimizes recidivism rates, more money is being directed toward this initiative.
Another program being run in Washington State offers much-needed support to those who have been recently released, including housing, interview training, job skills, help with substance use disorders, and so on. This program is helping address the six "basic needs" a person must have to be a valuable member of society: livelihood, residence, family, health, criminal justice compliance and social connections. With these needs met, recidivism rates decline. Even picking up inmates upon their release from prison and helping them readjust has been shown to have a significant positive effect.
Often, it seems that ex-offenders simply need more compassion and understanding in order to readjust to the real world.