offenders
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The government hopes - and this is the big bet - that if there is more community rehabilitation, more offenders can be kept out of jail.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
The office also can lift obstacles to building more affordable housing, while using its prosecutor role to shift many homeless offenders to diversion programs “rather than cycling people between jails and our streets,” Roy said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Bogle told reporters offenders were locked up for 23 hours a day.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
Roy would use the city attorney’s role as the prosecutor of most misdemeanor crimes to funnel nonviolent offenders into diversion programs, such as mental health treatment or vocational training.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Roughly half of the people in state prisons are classified as violent offenders, but that statistic can easily be misinterpreted.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
