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IS SET HIGH FOR THE STATE.
PATTY: GOVERNOR MARY FALLIN'S
CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM LOOKS TO
LIMIT THE STATE'S INCARCERATION
RATE.
THE IDEA IS TO HELP NON VIOLENT
OFFENDERS GET TREATMENT INSTEAD
OF PRISON.
>> YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT
ONE, THAT THEY ARE UNDER
SUPERVISION, AND TWO, THAT THEY
KNOW HOW TO GET AN EDUCATION.
PATTY: MANY CONVICTS GET CAUGHT
IN A REVOLVING DOOR.
>> IN OKLAHOMA AS WELL AS OTHER
STATES, THERE'S A HIGH
RECIDIVISM RATE, THE FAILURE
RATES, OF PEOPLE WHO GO BACK TO
CRIME WHEN THEY LEAVE PRISON.
PATTY: JUST THIS WEEK, WE TOLD
YOU ABOUT THESE TWO CONVICTS
ARRESTED IN MCCLAIN COUNTY,
ACCUSED OF BURGLARY.
BOTH WERE JUST RELEASED.
>> THE MONEY HAS TO BE THERE.
IF THERE IS NO MONEY AND ALL
FUNDS TO SUPPORT THEM ONCE THEY
ENTER SOCIETY, YOU ARE WASTING
YOUR TIME.
WE ARE SPINNING OUR WHEELS.
SAY THE KEY TO MAKING IT WORK IS
MONEY, FROM THE STATE AND
OTHERS.
>> IT CALLS FOR THE RELIGIOUS
COMMUNITIES AND NON-PROFITS TO
.
TO SIGN THOSE FOUR BILLS INTO