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<span class="black">We broke ground on our new garden program at Mendocino County Juvenile Hall, with twice-weekly garden programming and connecting activities with 5-10 youth and our staff</span>

We’ve created our Guardians Within The Walls program to restore dignity and vitality to our nation’s Correctional Officers. We’ve interviewed and documented the life story of 10 Correctional Officers

<span class="black">We brush cleared 6 acres of forest in preparation for California’s fire season</span>

Our women’s shelter garden had its first harvest of lettuce, strawberries, fava beans, and purple snap peas. We gave more than 10 bags of produce to the women to take home with them.

<span class="black">The Art of Soulmaking program is now live with 35 program participants housed in the Mendocino County Jail</span>

Rehumanization: Correctional Officer Story by Jerome

I started my Correctional career at the federal detention center in Brooklyn, New York, where I worked from 1994 to 1997. From there, I went to the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, which is now known as Immigration Customs Enforcement, as a detention officer. I worked there from 1997 to 2000. Next I went […]

<span class="black">100,000 prison residents in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation saw our latest Chowchilla Blues Band music video, Loving Tree</span>

Rehumanization: Correctional Officer Story by Russell Hamilton

I have worked over 29 years as a Correctional Officer. I started my career in the late 80s with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation–except, at the time, it was just Corrections, no rehabilitation involved at San Quentin State Prison. I worked there for many years, including on death row and some of the […]