Public Safety Impact
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Public Safety Impact
The Boot Camp program is succeeding in its mission to rehabilitate young adult offenders. A curriculum of military discipline, education, anger management, substance abuse counseling, and job readiness, plus vocational skills shapes an individual who returns to his community with the tools to succeed. To date, over 5,000 inmates have completed the one-year program. The overall rate of those graduates who have found employment or educational opportunities is 31%. The five-year recidivism rate is 30%. That means that five-years after completing the Boot Camp program, 7 out of every 10 graduates do not return to state prison.