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Now theyre the county jails problem. >> the law created new challenges for the county by requiring them to house convicted felons, who, in the past, would have gone to prison. with many sentenced to at least a decade, they could be more likely to cause problems. but the law also came with significant funding for a broad range of job training and rehabilitation programs to help inmates stay out of jail and prison. theyre administered for the jails reentry services department. >> the goal of reent...

-- from overcrowded state prisons. ♪ money make the world go round ♪ ♪ my ego got the girl going down ♪ >> all these inmates will someday be released to the streets of sacramento. so the new law brings significant funding for job training and re-entry programs in hopes of providing them the help they need to not return. >> when i was locked up, i had no motivation. now i see inmates with motivation, that something it out there to help them and do something different. >> ten years ago, ro...

I can say, wait a minute, i was here. i sat -- i was in the same colored shirt as you was. and now i know what it takes to live a better life. >> when i was locked up here, there was no counselor for me to communicate with. there was no program in place at that time. but with ab 109, when they get out, they can be a transformed individual. rather than just getting out with no rehabilitation. >> yeah, this is for re-entry. im looking to get mr. greggs sent up to gate 8. id appreciate it. >> sure....

And now said now theyre the county jails problem. >> the law created new challenges for the county by requiring them to house convicted felons, who, in the past, would have gone to prison. with many sentenced to at least a decade, they could be more likely to cause problems. but the law also came with significant funding for a broad range of job training and rehabilitation programs to help inmates stay out of jail and prison. theyre administered for the jails reentry services department. >> the ...

-- from overcrowded state prisons. ♪ money make the world go round ♪ ♪ my ego got the girl going down ♪ >> all these inmates will someday be released to the streets of sacramento. so the new law brings significant funding for job training and re-entry programs in hopes of providing them the help they need to not return. >> when i was locked up, i had no motivation. now i see inmates with motivation, that something it out there to help them and do something different. >> ten years ago, ro...

Problem. >> the law created new challenges for the county by requiring them to house convicted felons, who, in the past, would have gone to prison. with many sentenced to at least a decade, they could be more likely to cause problems. but the law also came with significant funding for a broad range of job training and rehabilitation programs to help inmates stay out of jail and prison. theyre administered for the jails reentry services department. >> the goal of reentry is to reduce the residism...

Now it functions as such, thanks to a recent law that diverts thousands of convicts here all -- from overcrowded state prisons. ♪ money make the world go round ♪ ♪ my ego got the girl going down ♪ >> all these inmates will someday be released toçó the streets of sacramento. so the new law brings significant funding for job training and re-entry programs in hopes of providing them the help they need to not return. >> when i was locked up, i had no motivation. now i see inmates with moti...

Able to help someone else. so they, you dont understand, you dont understand what im going through. i can say, wait a çóminute, i w here. i sat -- i was in the same colored shirt as you was. and now i know what it takes to live a better life. >> when i was locked up here, there was no counselor for me to communicate with. there was no program in place at that time. but with ab 109, when they get out, they can be a transformed individual. rather than just getting out with no rehabilitation. >> ...

Lower-level offendersçó to a mo theyre administered for the jails reentry services ñi department. >> the goal of reentry is to ñr reduce the recidivism rate. thats it. what i call it is, get out, stay out. >> nationally, more than 70% of inmates return to jail or prison within three years. ron smithñi knows it doesnt ha to be that way. because ten years ago, he was a

Drugs, received a college education, and now is the jaili re-entry specialist. >> everyone deserves a second chance. i received a second chance. sometimes they deserve a third,s fourth, fifth chance. i dont believe as human beings, we can give up on another human beings. >> we must plan for our sobriety becauseñi it has so many negati consequences. >> hes three weeks into a series of classes smith has selected for him. >> if you make a temporary decision that youre not going to come back, guess...