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Since March, the population in California’s prison system has shrunk by more than 22,000 inmates, returning to levels not seen since 1992. Those individuals who have recently left prison have come home to unprecedented challenges created by a global health crisis, major economic downturn and social services stretched thin.
Even in normal times, people returning home from prison face multiple challenges: residential instability, a parole system that can seem to prioritize surveillance and punishment over reintegration, stigma against those with criminal records in housing and labor markets and mental health and substance abuse issues.
California can do more to reintegrate formerly incarcerated people into society. Our recently published book,
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