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Depending on how the inmates are qualified for the program and how their performance and spending is managed, I believe a measure like this could mean the difference between success and failure for many borderline potential recidivism cases.
I'm not clear on the criteria regarding who will get this assistance, but I'm all for a very strictly managed program with significant consequences for abuses or violations.
I mentioned in another thread that I am a frequent substitute teacher in our local public school system. My specialty is in mental and behavioral education services, and work extensively with the juvenile justice system. I am transitioning as full time later this year. I assume the bill is aimed at adult criminals, but the successes I witness are those who can turn themselves around within the system and are able to shun their external destructive influences. Without assistance, the borderline folks that struggle to make it often fail because they have no support at home and revert to criminal activity for financial and social (gangs, peer pressure) reasons. The hardcore habitual offenders should not be considered, but that's just my jaded point of view.
I hope the measure isn't a broad-stroke approach, but a very serious attempt at rehabilitation and accountability, and not another huge waste of money.
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