The California program, The Ride Home, is helping people the first few hours after they’re released from prison. Counselors pick people up, take them for coffee and food, buy them new clothes, and are with them in those first moments as they learn to reenter society. Among big transitions such as finding work or housing, these little decisions are just a few of the many challenges the formerly incarcerated face.
The story from NYC radio features interviews with Michael Romano, the program’s found and Carlos Cervantes a driver who was formerly incarcerated.