The California City Correctional Center, a medium-security lockup for 2,145 in the high desert north of Los Angeles, isn't going to be confused with Disneyland. Still, a small program here sometimes produces a similar kind of whispered awe. In the U.S., most parolees are rearrested within a year. But the recidivism rate is just 3 percent among those who've gotten tech industry and entrepreneur training from Defy Ventures, a nonprofit that also works to finance businesses for some of the ex-cons who've gone through its program at California City.
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