Sacramento Bee

Can you start life after prison in California with $200? We expect former inmates to try | Opinion

“As California strives to approach policy with empathy — and budgetary discipline — its gate money issue is a skeleton in the closet,” Kenia Miranda Verdugo, MCPP, writes. “Increasing this sum to more closely reflect the true cost of living would be a profound step toward a more equitable, compassionate criminal justice system that works to break the cycle of poverty and incarceration rather than perpetuate it.”