Inmates relax in a room designed to be a gym at Solano State Prison in Vacaville, California. California prison drug treatment called waste of money The state overseer of the corrections system says the $1 billion spent since 1989 on programs has failed to lessen the recidivism rate. By Jenifer Warren, Times Staff Writer – February 22, 2007 SACRAMENTO — California’s $1-billion investment in drug treatment for prisoners since 1989 has been “a complete waste of money,” the state’s inspector general said Wednesday, and has done nothing to reduce the number of inmates cycling in and out of custody. One …

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