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As rehab programs are cut, prisons do less to keep inmates from returning

10/17/09 Los Angeles Times—California officials plan to chop $250 million a year from rehabilitation services, more than 40% of what the state now devotes to them and a quarter of the $1 billion it is slicing from its prison system. At eight prisons, substance-abuse programs will close; scaled-down versions will remain at only 12 of the state's 33 lockups and one of its privately run prisons. Up to 900 instructors and staff, many of whom provide academic and vocational education, could be laid off. Arts programs will no longer be available.

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Author(s)

Michael Rothfeld

Date

10/17/09

State

California

Source

Los Angeles Times

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