Aren't we imprisoning more people than ever before? I know here in California, the three strikes law put many violent criminals off the streets and into prison

Aren't we imprisoning more people than ever before? I know here in California, the three strikes law put many violent criminals off the streets and into prison for lengthy prison terms. Now that the Supreme court has ruled against the state in a prison lawsuit, California has to release 30k prisoners. Let's see what happens to the violent crime rate here in a few years.