Facts
- FACT: Prop. 5 is the only initiative on the November ballot that CUTS state costs. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst calculates that Prop. 5 will cut prison operating costs by $1 billion or more per year, and will prevent another $2.5 billion in prison construction.
- FACT: Prop. 5 will expand access to drug treatment and rehabilitation to nonviolent offenders and reduce the need for incarceration - at a savings of $46,000 per person per year.
- FACT: Prop. 5 makes our communities safer by re-focusing our parole resources on serious and violent offenders and increasing their parole terms from 3 to 5 years, while providing rehabilitation and treatment to help nonviolent parolees get their lives back on track.
- FACT: Prop. 5 will, for the first time, establish drug treatment and related services for at-risk youth to prevent addiction and crime before they happen.
- FACT: Prop. 5 protects judges' power to hold nonviolent drug offenders accountable.
Estimated Prop. 5 Treatment Allocations by County
Prop. 5 will put the brakes on California’s out-of-control prison growth
Judges Are the Gatekeepers Under Prop. 5
Please check out this Power Point Presentation on Proposition 5!