June 29, 2010
CDCR Closes parole program
An East Palo Alto program that has helped hundreds of state prison parolees transition back to life in the community will shut its doors on Wednesday - but only temporarily, if administrators have their way.
Funding for the pilot program, which was created in 2007 through a bill by Assemblyman Ira Ruskin, D-Redwood City, is set to expire this week but negotiations are under way to expand the program and revive it in the fall.
One of the people who helped shape the program was David Lewis, a former state prison inmate-turned-community leader whose shooting murder outside the Hillsdale Shopping Center in San Mateo earlier this month has rocked the community...
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