There Goes The Fall Production of 'Pirates Of Penzance'

Hold on. The New York Times has this article about how budget cuts have eliminated or reduced arts in prisons in California and we're supposed to feel BAD about that? They're cutting acting programs and it's some kind of tragedy? The interesting part is where they say "Advocates say these programs have reduced recidivism rates, though there is no conclusive research on that." The last part's the important part: They've been spending on these programs and nobody's determined whether they work? All this time to measure recidivism rates among participants and they have no conclusive research? Why not? (New York Times)

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