Posts Tagged: prisoner reentry

CROP program looks to move people from prison to tech

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by BY SETH SANDRONSKY posted 03.31.2023

With California’s high levels of recidivism in mind, Oakland-based nonprofit Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs (CROP) is set to open a reentry campus there for formerly incarcerated people in early April.

Prison population falls but spending still up in Newsom budget

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by SETH SANDROSKY posted 01.23.2023

California prison spending for 2023-24 in the proposed $297 billion state budget is up to $14.5 billion – even as the prisoner population drops.