The Epoch Times During the pandemic, the already-high number of people being released from California’s jails and prisons soared. Now, several state officials joined service providers to launch a program aimed at helping formerly incarcerated people re-enter society.
Sen. Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) joined Assembly members Isaac Bryan and Mia Bonta Oct. 28 to launch the Re-Entry Providers Association of California (REPAC), which aims to equip re-entry service providers with resources as they help those re-entering society.
However, those re-entry service providers say their programs have been chronically underfunded by the state, having to “fight for those resources” while the state spends more on incarceration than it does on higher education, according to Bryan.
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