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Job preparation and interview training pays dividends

February 12, 2025 by T. J. Marshall

The San Quentin Rehabilitation Center’s Prison to Employment Connection program celebrated its 10th anniversary with two ceremonies in December 2024. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: RE-ENTRY Tagged With: Caltrans, Farming Hope, Forestry Fire, Goodwill, Iron Workers 378, PEC, Prison to Employment Connection program, Second Chance Employer, The Last Mile

Policy creates easier access to Medicaid, housing, and education upon reentry

December 6, 2024 by Dennis Monson

Policy is being developed to help with the incarcerated people who are re-entering society. As the crime rates skyrocket lawmakers sign state … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legislation, RE-ENTRY Tagged With: Department of Adult Corrections, Roy Cooper

Newly paroled residents face challenges and obstacles in reentry

June 18, 2024 by Jerry Maleek Gearin

David Cowen (right) talks about the challenges he faced during his re-entry process

People who leave prison face challenges such as mental stability, drug use, and staying connected to family. Incarceration can have an impact on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: PAROLE & HEARINGS, RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted

SF Salvation Army runs recovery program

May 23, 2024 by Vance Eugene Sams Jr.

The Salvation Army runs a recovery program in San Francisco’s Mission District at the Joseph McFee Center. “The Way Out Program” houses at least … [Read more...]

Filed Under: RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted

SB731 helps returned citizens find sense of normalcy with expungements, record sealing

May 21, 2024 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

SB 731, in effect since 2023, gives Californians the safety valve of expungement, which state law calls “records relief,” said an article by Jeanne … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LEGAL, RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted

Prison to Employment Connection celebrates largest graduation yet

January 11, 2024 by Kevin Sawyer

Forty incarcerated men graduated from Prison to Employment Connection in November. It was the largest group to have completed the 14-week job … [Read more...]

Filed Under: RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted, San Quentin State Prison Tagged With: Albert Campos Jr., Angel Alvarez, Denise Moody, Diana Williams, Gabrielle Nicolet, James Gardner, Jesse England, Kevin McCracken, Lou Ramondetta, Michael Jackson Jr., Prison to Employment Connection, Sumer Schulze, Tommy Wickerd, Xina Hinson

Voting rights for returning citizens still being fought in some states

January 9, 2024 by Amir Shabazz

Badge vote 2016

Many states are moving slowly toward restoring voter rights to convicted felons, but some other states are taking steps to make voting more difficult, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted

Tech tips for landing your dream job

December 31, 2023 by Sherman K. Newman

TB42 advocates for fair chance employment. A fair chance being the need of every returning citizen as we prepare to eventually reenter the job market. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted

Formerly incarcerated face continued ‘economic exclusion’ despite soaring job market

December 29, 2023 by C.K. Gerhartsreiter

In the free world, anyone looking for a job these days should have an easy time finding one. The U.S. economy seems in decent shape and economic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EDUCATION, RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted Tagged With: Ban the Box, Darryl Farris, DeAnna Hoskins, New York Times, RAND Corporation, Shawn D. Bushway, Talmon Joseph Smith

Reentering citizens released with fentanyl antidote kits

December 29, 2023 by Bostyon Johnson

Eighty percent of persons released from California jails and prisons received Narcan antidote kits between 2020 and 2022, KFF Health News … [Read more...]

Filed Under: RE-ENTRY, Recently Posted Tagged With: Demian Johnson, Five Keys Schools and Programs, Gavin Newsom, KFF Health News, Lynn Wenger, Mark Malone

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