WASHINGTON, June 24 (UPI) -- Jobs for prison inmates with private sector or state-run employers help reduce recidivism rates and, despite claims of opponents to the contrary, can provide a spur to the economy, according to a recent report from a Washington think tank. "I think there are several points to be made from a social policy perspective and from a prison reform perspective," Robert D. Atkinson, vice president of the center-left Progressive Policy Institute, told United Press International. "(A program of prisoners working for outside employers) has positives in reducing recidivism, and economically. (The economic aspect) is really the...