Some are released very early. that s a high number compared to other states in saner places like texas, south carolina, . st virginia the recidivism rate after three years is about half of that . what s the difference? differenc politics honestly, it s not a partisan talking points. it se?ot a true . for the last decade, fors, example, the most liberal statey in the country, california hasd recorded a recidivism rate of a nearly 50%. 50%. now keep in mind the irony here they tell you that we shouldn to incarcerate people because incarceration doesn t workpl. if you want to rehabilitate people, you have to let them out. but n they re not rehabilitated. that s why they re reoffending w and almosthy 50% in the state of california. so incarceration has two purposeslifornia, so. one is to improve the prisoner so he won t t reoffend. but but the main purpose is to protect the rest of us who aren tst committing crimes.us we vet got kids who just want to live a normal life. they ve forgotten t