The success of ARC’s model is evidenced by the exceedingly low recidivism rate of less than 10 percent from members, compared to California’s recidivism rate of nearly 60 percent. ARC’s advocacy efforts have also been exceptionally successful, leading to numerous reforms in California’s justice system that have drastically improved the way the system treats young people. These reforms, which have affected more than 20,000 incarcerated individuals across the state, include limiting the practice of sentencing juveniles to life without the possibility of parole and providing second chances to individuals who committed their crimes as youth and received adult prison sentences.