California Forward
We present the initial installment of the PCE Realignment Digest, which will bring an informed perspective to the table on all of the important realignment-related news from the prior week.
read moreThe January 8th event, titled “Leadership Symposium on Evidence-Based Practice, Implementation Science: Closing the Gap Between Innovation and Practice,” at UC Davis reported on the latest developments in implementation science.
read moreGov. Jerry Brown made a bold yet calculated play this week to challenge the Federal Court’s continued jurisdiction over the California prison system as part of a ruling that mandated a reduction in the state prison population.
read moreHelping ex-offenders successfully reenter society as law-abiding, tax-paying citizens is a win for everyone.
read moreRather than focusing on living as a model inmate, more than 15 years ago I started thinking about what I would need to emerge as a law-abiding, contributing citizen.
read moreIn this entry, Michael Santos accepts that he will only be seen as a criminal while on the inside, so he figures way to prepare for an exit and make the best of his time inside.
read moreAs I expressed in my initial blog entries, a commitment to prepare for a law-abiding, contributing life upon release drove my adjustment throughout the quarter century that I served. Had I not made that commitment to prepare for reentry early in my term, I’d now be living a life of complication and struggle.
read moreAs part of the ongoing work of the Partnership for Community Excellence, we take a look at the data between crime rates, recidivism and jail capacity and what that relationship means for the world we all live in.
read moreA conference at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management tackled the effects of early education on job skills and workforce issues
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