July 23, 2008
Prisons make a case for facility
Each year, hundreds of parolees return to Monterey County after serving their prison terms.
Under the old model of prison release, they're let go with $200 and a bus ticket, said Kathy Prizmich, deputy chief of external affairs for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
That's proven to be a failed approach, Prizmich said, because 70 percent of parolees are back in prison within three years…
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