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California parolees get a chance in community programs

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

California parolees get a chance in community programs By Andy Furillo - afurillo@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PDT Sunday, May 4, 2008 California corrections officials are again diverting thousands of parole violators into community programs instead of sending them to prison, hoping this time the experiment doesn't fail. Since August, the prison population has steadily declined as the state pours millions of dollars into community programs like drug treatment and electronic home detention. Four years ago, a similar effort collapsed. The Bureau of State Audits found in 2005 that the state failed to analyze or monitor the programs for effectiveness. Most of the diverted parolees either didn't complete the programs or wound up back in prison anyway ? including 242 who committed new crimes when they otherwise could have been back in prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 06, 2008 (boomark / email).