The first prison i went to was for drug treatment in souther california and that song was written after the place called CRC the hotel is in the prison and houses prisoners if you listen to the song you get hints.


That was BEAUTIFULLY DONE INDEED

Programs

The best-known of CRC's programs are the "six structured Substance Abuse Programs." CRC "offers the world's largest in-custody substance abuse program and is the only institution in the state to offer recovered inmates the chance to erase their felony convictions."It is the "only [California] prison to house felons along with low-level, drug-addicted inmates."

The drug treatment programs are thought to be associated with lower recidivism rates.However, in February 2007 the California Office of the Inspector General concluded "Numerous studies show that despite an annual cost of $36 million, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitations in-prison substance abuse treatment programs have little or no impact on recidivism." The report specifically mentioned the "Quest male civil addict program" at CRC, for which "12-month recidivism rates... were lower for non-participants than for participants.

 

 

History

On the site where CRC now stands, the 700-acre (280 ha) Lake Norconian Resort opened in 1929 as "the opulent playground of some of Hollywood's biggest names." The Norconian hotel closed in 1940, then served as a Navy hospital between 1941 and 1957. ^"The old Norconian and several of the newer outlying buildings were turned over to the state" to create CRC, and the first inmates arrived in January of 1963; however, in 2002 "CRC vacated the building after learning it had to be seismically retrofitted." Efforts are underway to preserve the hotel.

As of 2006, although CRC was considered "one of California's best prisons," it was overcrowded, was "under nearly constant lockdown to prevent fights," had buildings "so antiquated that the electricity is shut off during rainstorms so the prisoners aren't electrocuted," had a "three-month-long waiting list" for its drug rehabilitation program, and was "short 75 guards." In March 2007 Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger visited the prison, citing its "huge overcrowding problem" in a speech on his "prison and county jail-building program.

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