Proposition 36 shows mixed results as few offenders choose treatment over incarceration

Proposition 36, approved by nearly 70% of voters in November of last year, is meant to be a major step in addressing both drug addiction and the rise in retail theft.

Nearly a year later, some say the results are not what voters expected.

When California voters approved Proposition 36, the goal was simple reduce prison overcrowding and give people caught with drugs a shot at treatment instead of time behind bars…

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