Posts Tagged ‘reentry’
Former inmates face delay in Medi-Cal benefits after release from jail
Activists and Alameda County representatives want people held in Santa Rita Jail to be able to get Medi-Cal coverage prior to their release.
Read MorePlanting Justice celebrates 10 years of cultivating gardening skills for incarcerated people
Oakland nonprofit Planting Justice provides education, skills training and employment opportunities to formerly incarcerated individuals and has reached its 10-year anniversary this year.
Read MoreReggie Bailey’s Barbershop
“My last trip in the penitentiary, I had to make a decision on what I wanted to do with my life,” said Reggie Bailey, sitting in the swiveling barber chair in his small shop in the heart of downtown Oakland. “I just decided to go to barber college.”
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