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The article discusses one prison, not statewide changes. Additionally, this program was introduced in 2023, after the period of time you're quoting. Violent cr
by bdcravens 3y ago
The article discusses one prison, not statewide changes. Additionally, this program was introduced in 2023, after the period of time you're quoting.
Violent crimes are up across the nation; it isn't limited to California.
Those stats underscore the opposite of the argument you're making: if traditional incarceration and punishment isn't getting the job done, then maybe it's time to try something entirely new, regardless of how it affects people's sense of retribution and punishment.
- nostromo 3y agoThese programs started in 2015. It's in the article.
- bdcravens 3y agoYes but only in the last year has California began implementing it in earnest. It says 9000 men have gone through such programs since 2015, which overall, reflects about 1% of the prison population in California. Given the success quoted in the next paragraph, it seems like California should be ramping up this number. > Since reentry programs such as this began in 2015, about 9,000 men have graduated from them. California, even after an enormous push to lower prison populations during the pandemic, still has about 94,000 people behind bars and 35,000 on parole. Each week, hundreds are released, most with $200 and little support. > But of those who participated for at least nine months in programs such as Amistad, 92% are not reconvicted of a new crime in their first year of release. By contrast, the latest figures for the general population released from California prison show that nearly 22% return to prison within 12 months.