‘Start With Step One’: Clean Slate Day Clears Records Again
The annual Clean Slate Day helps people get their lives back on track by providing opportunities to get criminal records cleared and other services....
20
Apr
15
Nov
Clean Slate Day Helps Formerly Incarcerated People ‘Get Back on Track’
The event helps people move on from the criminal justice system by providing support and key services, including the opportunity to have their records cleared....
05
May
After 17 Years, Contra Costa Man Gets Reduced Prison Sentence
A man who was originally sentenced to 27 years in prison has become the first Contra Costa County inmate to see their sentence reduced under AB 2942....
24
Nov
Continuing To Provide a Safe Return in Richmond
Through the Richard Boyd Fellowship, the Safe Return Project helps the formerly incarcerated understand their trauma and become community leaders....
10
Aug
Ballot Measure Considers Parolees Right to Vote
Prop 17 will ask Californians in November whether the state constitution should be amended to allow anyone who is out on parole and otherwise eligible to vote....
29
Jun
California Moves One Step Closer to Granting Parolees Right to Vote
The Free the Vote Act will seek voters' approval in the November election to restore voting rights to former inmates who are free from incarceration but still on parole. ...
24
Jun
Walk in with a Record, Leave with a Clean Slate
Twenty minutes. That, Richmond resident Daryle Mason says, was how long it took for people at Clean Slate Day to scan his record and have it wiped out. He waited...
09
Jun
Re-Entry Activists Seek Ways to Support Formerly Incarcerated Youth
Richmond’s Safe Return Project’s newly released report, “Curbing The School to Prison Pipeline,” found that most young people impacted by the criminal justice system in West County do not receive...
24
Dec
Fellowship Program Seeks to Create a New Group of Community Activists
Five Richmond residents who have spent time behind bars are working not only to better their own lives but also to help people like them....
10
Oct
Clean Slate Day Offers a Chance at a Fresh Start
People often gather at Richmond’s Memorial Auditorium for concerts, graduations and school dances. On one recent Saturday, about 100 people with prior criminal convictions came to the space to learn...
18
Oct
“Ban The Box” Law Gives More Californians a Fair Chance at Employment
The California Endowment commends Governor Jerry Brown and the legislature for enacting AB 1008, also known as the “Ban the Box” law....
18
Aug
Sister Warriors Meet in Oakland to Discuss Life After Prison
The Sister Warriors’ convening, organized by the San Francisco-based Young Women’s Freedom Center (YWFC), brought together women from all over the country to work toward bettering the lives of women...
22
May
Khalid’s Corner: Thankful to Be Alive
In the past, I gambled with my life on a constant basis at a time when getting yourself killed was the norm if you dared to enter the street game....
21
Feb
Prop. 47 Can Turn 2016 into the ‘Year of Mercy’
Pope Francis has declared 2016 the “Year of Mercy,” and that could not be more true for hundreds of people across California who are being redeemed by Prop 47. I’m...
22
Oct
Re-entry Center for Former Inmates Opens in Richmond
A new center in downtown Richmond aims to help individuals navigate the process of rejoining society after prison. The Reentry Success Center, which celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 13,...
