ABSTRACT
The parole system was no longer an efficient means of reducing overcrowded prisons, addressing inconsistent prison sentences, or providing an alternative to the pardon process. Changes in the post- World War II era also changed correctional systems. After the United States entered World War II, the Board of Prison Terms and Parole argued that the paroling of inmates to the Armed Forces and war-related industries would be profitable to both the released individual and the government. The rise of penal welfarism created an opening for California's parole system. California's prison and paroling authorities also framed rehabilitation in this way, but did so to disguise the punishing aspects of the parole system. The total time spent in an institution and on parole was referred to as the "correctional process" or "rehabilitation process". The biggest indication of returning to a former self was the restoration of civil rights lost while incarcerated.
