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Recently, our very own Youth Life-Coach, Wileisha Shipp, brought six formerly incarcerated youth member and their families to Disneyland for the very first time. Check out their day! #SecondChances #FormerlyIncarcerated #FirstTimeatDisneyland

Swipe? Insert? What’s the pin again? Coming home after 29 years can be daunting but we’re glad Theodore figured it out, and continues to figure it out. We’re here to help. Thank you to our Ride Home drivers, Miguel and Melody for the footage. #SecondChances #FormerlyIncarcerated #TechnologyisHard

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves: we’re ARC and we work to end mass incarceration in California through advocacy, workforce and education, community outreach, and believing in second chances. We’ve brought home over 202 folks using our Ride Home Program this year, employed over 222 with CalFire, and have passed over 30 pieces of legislation to date. To join us, give us a follow and sign up for our newsletter, link in bio! #SecondChances #ARC #FormerlyIncarcerated

Meet Renee. After a total of 26 years incarcerated, she is finally home. Not every Ride Home journey is a smooth one but we thank Renee for being a trooper, even after an emergency room visit! Thank you to our Ride Home drivers, @miguel_silbo and @melody_huapaya for the footage. #SecondChances #FormerlyIncarcerated #ARC

You asked us some questions, and we have some answers! #QandA #ARC #SecondChances # LWOP #FormerlyIncarcerated

Welcome home, Antonio! Coming home can be overwhelming but there is nothing like having those familiar faces around when everything else is coming at you fast. Congratulations and thank you for letting us in on this warm welcome home. And thank you to our Ride Home drivers Miguel and Melody for the footage! #FormerlyIncarcerated #SecondChances #ARC

Meet David. After 26 years incarcerated, he is finally home! David is a recipient of a ride home from prison, with our Ride Home Program. The RHP gives an incarcerated person a ride home to anywhere in California, their first meal out to whatever restaurant they want to go to, and a days worth of shopping. Thank you to our Ride Home drivers, Miguel and Melody for the footage. #SecondChances #FormerlyIncarcerated #ARC

In 2016, Californians overwhelmingly passed Prop 57, which gave people like David a path to a second chance. Under Prop 57, incarcerated people, like David, could have their sentences reexamined by participating in educational and rehabilitative programs and having good behavior. People with nonviolent offenses also had a new avenue for parole consideration. Policy change is integral at ARC and essential to bring people like David home. For more on our policy work and stories of bringing people

Coming home after years of incarceration can be overwhelming and scary but Felipe is excited to reunite with his family and do right by them. We’re proud of Felipe and the strides he’s made when meeting with the parole board—it’s no easy feat! For more on Felipe’s first day, be sure to sign up for our newsletter! Footage thanks to our Ride Home drivers, @miguel_silbo and @melody_huapaya #FormerlyIncarcerated #SecondChances #ARC

We are so proud of Manuelon for getting his ankle monitor cut off! Watch to the end to see the first thing he did. #Prison #FormerlyIncarcerated #ComingHome