A REPORT RELEASED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION SHOWS THAT RECIDIVISM RATES ARE DOWN IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. THE REPORT STATES THAT SINCE THE PRISON OVER-HAUL BILL KNOWN AS AB-1-0-9 WAS IMPLEMENTED, THAT PERCENT OF PRISON PAROLEES ARRESTED WITHIN THE FIRST YEAR OF THEIR RELEASE, TO THE COUNTY, HAS DROPPED FROM AROUND 70 PERCEN,T TO ROUGHLY 65 PERCENT. TH E ALMOST 5 PERCENT DROP IN RECIDIVISM IS HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE WHICH IS ABOUT A 2.8 PERCENT IMPROVEMENT.
