A proposal intended to study the efficacy of rehabilitation credits in California prisons was voted down by the Assembly Public Safety Committee on June 27. However, the committee did grant reconsideration, allowing for an amended version to be brought back for a hearing on an unspecified date.
Introduced by Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana), Senate Bill 359 would require the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) to research the relationship between credits awarded to inmates and recidivism rates and begin providing annual reports to the Legislature by January 2025.
The report would be required to analyze the difference between recidivism rates of incarcerated persons who do and do not participate in the state’s rehabilitation programs….