California's Prison Reform Experiment Worked. The State's Crime Rate Has Fallen by 27% in 15 Years.
Crime California's Prison Reform Experiment Worked. The State's Crime Rate Has Fallen by 27% in 15 Years. Facts don't care about the GOP's "crime wave" feelings.
- ▪Crime California's Prison Reform Experiment Worked.
- ▪The State's Crime Rate Has Fallen by 27% in 15 Years.
- ▪Facts don't care about the GOP's "crime wave" feelings.
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Crime California's Prison Reform Experiment Worked. The State's Crime Rate Has Fallen by 27% in 15 Years. Facts don't care about the GOP's "crime wave" feelings. Steven Greenhut | 7.24.2026 7:30 AM Share on FacebookShare on XShare on RedditShare by emailPrint friendly versionCopy page URL Add Reason to Google Media Contact & Reprint Requests <img src="https://d2eehagpk5cl65.cloudfront.net/img/c800x450-w800-q80/uploads/2026/07/Crime-Orange-County_LA-7-23-800x450.jpg" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto" width="1200" height="675" title="A man in handcuffs, with a downward trending chart in the background" alt="A man in handcuffs, with a downward trending chart in the background | imageBROKER/Piotr Dziurman/Newscom/cjcj.org" /> (imageBROKER/Piotr Dziurman/Newscom/cjcj.org) For those of us…
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