California shrank its prisons with sentencing changes. A new study shows how that's working.
California shrank its prisons with sentencing changes. A new study shows how that's working.
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California shrank its prisons with sentencing changes. A new study shows how that's working
The report found low recidivism rates among people who were older and had served lengthy sentences. Those patterns contrasted with people serving shorter prison sentences for nonviolent crimes, which showed higher rates of recidivism, the majority of which were for misdemeanors.