Since the passage of �Three Strikes,� the parolees are not being sent back to prison for new cnmes. Rather, they are returning for violating the terms of their parole. The recidivism rate of parolees returning to prison because of a new crime has dropped nearly 25%, while the three years prior to �Three Strikes� it increased by nearly 4%. The rate of return for parolees has increased by 14%, compared with a 20% drop the three years prior to �Three Strikes.�³⁶

³⁶California Department of Corrections, Data Analysis Unit; February 23, 1998.

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