Successful rehabilitation?

Has Illinois figured out "smart on crime"?

Throughout American history our penal system has cycled between the concepts of rehabilitation and punishment. These statistics seem to be a little too high, since job training and substance abuse programs have been part of the penal system for quite some time.

I understand the arguments for rehabilitation, but I still question the merits of rewarding bad behavior with expensive perks. Wouldn't those same job training and substance abuse programs be effective for people who didn't have a conviction?

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They can make all the claims they want. Until I see the raw data, this is all just blowing smoke.

WT