The need to properly educate incarcerated prisoners has never been greater. While I served on the Marin County Superior Court, I had the opportunity to observe first hand the detrimental effect of poor programming on prisoners.
Prisoners have too much idle time.
Much of their time is spent in destructive criminal behavior. Upon release they are too poorly trained to obtain employment and become self- supporting. I have no doubt that an improved education system would not only help the prisoners but it would contribute substantially to the benefit of California society in that it should reduce recidivism among the prison population. Enactment of SB 1845 will be an important first step in returning better citizens to the general population. I urge you to sign the bill.