By C1 Staff
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A new bill aimed at reducing the rate of released inmates committing new crimes was signed into law Friday.
KPBS reports that AB 1056, the Second Chance Program for Community Reentry, uses savings generated by last year’s voter-approved Proposition 47 to provide housing support and re-entry services for former inmates.
“Housing can be a barrier to successfully integrating formerly incarcerated individuals,” Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins, who created the bill, said. “AB 1056 seeks to reduce recidivism and enhance the safety of our communities by ensuring that these former inmates have a place they can call home as they assimilate back into their communities.”
Under the new law, the state will provide grant funding for collaborative, community-based proposals to assist ex-inmates with housing, behavioral health care, drug treatment and other services.