Homeboy Industries provides training and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people.
Pamela Diaz never decided to join a gang. But after a childhood surrounded by drugs, alcohol and fast money, the decision seemed to be made for her."Ten years goes by and suddenly, life is not where you want it to be," said Diaz.Diaz got out of prison in February 2011. Her first order of business? Regaining custody of her children who had been placed in foster care.But to do so, she needed to prove financial stability. Diaz needed a job.
Such issues often pull ex-convicts further from reintegration into society."I would like to see a lot fewer people having to go to prison. Our prison system is not rehabilitation. People are harmed in prison - psychologically, physically… Our prison system, especially private prisons, are becoming like a plantation," said Fonda. "They make the clothes that we wear and the things that we use… It needs to have a major overhaul.
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