Director Linda Schroeder tracks the results as best she can. Compared with the 70-80 percent of offenders who return to prison, only 15 percent of Project COPE graduates return. Part of the reason is that we choose the ones most likely to do well. Right now we operate only out of fear. We're trying to help people become more rational about how we do criminal justice.
Violence begets only violence.
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