The Prison to University Pipeline: Where Accountability Goes to Hide The recent arrest of a young woman in her UC Davis dorm room has shed light on California's Less Restrictive Programming (LRP) system.
This program aims to rehabilitate youth offenders through higher education, but as this case illustrates, it is riddled with holes and lacks transparency.
At its core, LRP moves young people out of secure facilities into community based settings, such as university dorms or halfway houses.