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Last Friday, we had the pleasure of welcoming our fifth cohort of California Justice Leaders (CJL) at our annual service year kickoff event, the CJL AmeriCorps Pledge Day. CJL participants gathered — with the support of our team, site partners, community leaders, and alumni — and committed to serving their communities for one year. Our… Continue Reading A new year of inspired service
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“The Homecoming Project is based on the housing-first model, which posits that reliable housing is the most important element in a person’s ability to improve their situation, said project director Bernadette Butler.” “Because there is a statewide bottleneck for sufficient affordable housing and new supportive housing can take years to build, the Oakland-based Impact Justice… Continue Reading ‘A spare room and a big heart’: Reentry program pairs formerly incarcerated people with willing homeowners
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On November 29 and 30, 2023, representatives from federal, state, local, and tribal corrections agencies, survivors of sexual abuse in custody, advocates, service providers, DOJ-certified PREA auditors, staff of the National PREA Resource Center, and our partners gathered at the Department of Justice to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Prison Rape Elimination Act. The… Continue Reading Justice Leaders Meet to Mark the 20th Anniversary of the Prison Rape Elimination Act
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“That’s when Joey Pagaduan was placed into the Homecoming Project, matched with two people who he’s lived with since January and now considers family — Quian Wang and Robert Fletcher, who are married and live with their two children in Berkeley, California.” “The Berkeley couple had an extra room in their home and wanted to… Continue Reading ‘Homecoming Project’ lends helping hand to the formerly incarcerated while addressing homelessness
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“Leslie Soble, senior manager of the Food In Prison Project at Impact Justice, an Oakland-based criminal justice reform organization, said incarcerated people rely on canteens because many prisons don’t serve enough nutritious, appealing food, leading some incarcerated people to resort to desperate measures like stealing or trading sexual favors to get enough to eat. ‘The result… Continue Reading California bills to reform prisons have a mixed record of success this session
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People face many challenges after a period of incarceration, especially after a long prison sentence. Lack of stable and affordable housing is often the first stumbling block and one that can trigger a cascade of other problems. It’s hard to find and hold a job, for example, without a reliable safe place to live. The… Continue Reading Homecoming Project Feels Like a Journey Toward Freedom
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“A 2020 report by Impact Justice, which surveyed 250 formerly incarcerated individuals and 230 friends and families of incarcerated individuals, underscored the extent of the problem. Three in five formerly incarcerated people reported they could not afford commissary purchases and many people are ‘forced to choose between buying food and purchasing necessities such as toothpaste or… Continue Reading Becker bill seeks to end ‘cruel’ price markups at prison stores
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The Center serves formerly incarcerated people, the family members and friends who support and rely on them, and anyone whose life has been affected by the carceral system. While most reentry organizations and services focus narrowly on employment, housing, or recovery from substance use, and exclusively serve people on parole or probation, The Center takes… Continue Reading The Center