(Capitol Weekly) - OPINION – I encourage you to pause for a moment and try to imagine what it would be like to return to your community after spending years, or even decades, in California’s Prison system.
All of the familiar comforts of daily life are missing.
You’d have to start over.
You exit a correctional facility with a one-time check for $200 or much less to cover immediate expenses upon reentry, and you are expected to look for a job that hires second-chance candidates, find housing, purchase new clothes and other necessities like a cell phone, along with paying for your ride home.
Now, imagine as you establish this next chapter, you don’t know where you will find your next meal or when it will be.
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