Pandemic participants were more likely to have drug RVRs and less likely to have assessed needs

Source: Author calculation from CDCR administrative data.

NOTES: N=311,917 first-in-year releases. Legacy programs were implemented prior to the pandemic. New CBI programs were introduced in 2020. If a person is released from prison twice in the same year, we use information from the first release. Participation means any indication of receiving a program during a term. Participation in legacy Life Skills programs includes any participation in Anger Management, Criminal Thinking, or Family Relationships. Rule violation reports (RVRs) include drug and test refusal RVRs. Blank values do not indicate 0%.