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| Repeat jail time isn't the solution |
| By montereyherald.com |
| Published: 05/30/2013 |
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What happens to offenders who finish a state prison term? Unless they have a life without parole sentence, they eventually go home. They get $200 in "gate money" and have to find jobs and housing. They are supervised for three years. Unfortunately, during that supervision period in the past, more than two-thirds ended up back in state prison, a dismal success rate. California's Public Safety Realignment Act of 2011 changed post-prison supervision. Under the realignment law, state parole officers continue to supervise those finishing up prison terms for a current serious, violent or sex crime. But since October 2011, counties supervised the rest through their probation departments. So is the new post-prison supervision system doing any better in breaking the cycle of recidivism? The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation released its first report comparing rates of arrest, conviction and returns to state prison for those who completed their state prison term in the first six months of realignment with those released a year earlier. Read More. |
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