A former CEO from Richmond was convicted on 44 felony counts Friday for a scheme that defrauded reentry organizations that help people on parole or probation...
Three organizers who recently won James Irvine Foundation 2023 Leadership Awards spoke on Ethnic Media Services’ weekly national news briefing April 7....
The annual Clean Slate Day helps people get their lives back on track by providing opportunities to get criminal records cleared and other services....
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....
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....
Through the Richard Boyd Fellowship, the Safe Return Project helps the formerly incarcerated understand their trauma and become community leaders....
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....
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. ...
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...
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...
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....
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...
The California Endowment commends Governor Jerry Brown and the legislature for enacting AB 1008, also known as the “Ban the Box” law....
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...
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....
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