Emily Harris

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Why California Can’t Buy Its Way Out of the Prison Crisis

Emily Harris

January 12, 2014

 

Our criminal justice system – including our prisons and jails – is broken AND expensive. The United States, with less than five percent of the world’s population, has nearly 25 percent of the world’s incarcerated population. California has one of the highest prison and jail populations in the US. Our recidivism rate at more than 67% is also among the highest.

Emily Harris, Statewide Coordinator of Californians United For a Responsible Budget (CURB ), will speak. CURB’s goal is to stop the expansion of the failed system and replace the brutal practice of putting people in cages for long periods with evidence-based treatment, rehabilitation and training programs to facilitate their reintegration back into society.