California’s Prop. 36 promised ‘mass treatment’ for defendants. A new study shows how it’s going

Prop. 36 gave prosecutors the ability to charge people convicted of various third-time drug offenses with a so-called treatment-mandated felony, which would give them a choice between behavioral health treatment or up to three years in jail or prison. If they accept, they would enter a guilty or no...

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