Carceral & Reentry Services
The Library supports Angelenos during and after incarceration through connections with information and resources.
Carceral Services
Reentry Services
Los Angeles is home to a vast network of support and advocacy by and for people impacted by incarceration, including organizations listed in the drop-downs below. To suggest updates, please email reentry@lapl.org.
Alliance for Community Empowerment
ACE supports San Fernando Valley residents with education, job training, mental health, housing, and more.
6925 Canoga Avenue, Canoga Park, CA, 91303
818-704-7884 | ace4change.org
AMAAD Institute
AMAAD facilitates personalized individual access to programs and services that foster safe and supportive healthy environments for people to live, learn, and develop to their fullest potential.
10221 Compton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90002
323-569-1610 | amaad.org
Amity Foundation
Amity operates various residential reentry programs dedicated to the inclusion and habilitation of people marginalized by addiction, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, homelessness, and violence.
213-741-2276 | amityfdn.org
Anti-Recidivism Coalition
ARC empowers formerly and currently incarcerated people to thrive by providing a support network, comprehensive reentry services, and opportunities to advocate for policy change.
601 N Alvarado St, Los Angeles, CA 90026
213-955-5885 | antirecidivism.org
API Rise
API Rise is an extended family of formerly incarcerated or detained Asian immigrants/refugees, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders working to make freedom possible for the community of current and formerly incarcerated individuals, youth and families in high-risk situations, allies, supporters, and their communities through culturally sensitive direct support, education, power building, organizing, and advocacy.
api-rise.org
California State University Project Rebound
Project Rebound supports the higher education and successful reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals wishing to enroll and succeed at the California State University. Fourteen campuses across the state contain thriving Project Rebound departments.
calstate.edu/impact-of-the-csu/student-success/project-rebound
Center For Employment Opportunities
CEO helps anyone with a criminal record to find a job and stay connected to the labor force. CEO ensures people returning from prison are provided immediate paid employment, skills training, and ongoing career support.
759 North Spring Street, Suite 1 Los Angeles, CA 90012
323-357-6305 | ceoworks.org
Chrysalis
Chrysalis provides employment counseling, job-readiness classes, resume prep, practice interviews, online job application assistance, computer lab and phone access, work wardrobe and hygiene products, transportation assistance, scholarship funds, and transitional job opportunities.
522 Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
213-806-6300 | changelives.org
Homeboy Industries
Homeboy Industries provides hope, training, and support to formerly gang-involved and previously incarcerated people. Services include workforce development, solar panel training, a youth reentry program, and an art academy.
130 Bruno St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
323-526-1254 | homeboyindustries.org/services
Impact Justice
Impact Justice is a threefold project which seeks to: prevent more youth and adults from being involved in the criminal punishment system; improve conditions for those currently incarcerated; assist formerly incarcerated people in successful reentry.
impactjustice.org
Initiate Justice
Initiate Justice organizes members, both inside and outside of prisons, to advocate for their freedom and criminal justice policy in California.
800-919-9835 | initiatejustice.org
LA CADA
LA CADA runs residential treatment programs and recovery bridge housing locations through LA County. Reentry Intensive Case Management Services connect participants with health care, housing support, employment, behavioral interventions, and substance use treatment.
426 San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
323-880-8159 | lacada.com
LA Regional Reentry Partnership
LARRP is a countywide network of reentry focused non-profit organizations, public agencies, and advocates that works to ensure that our reentry system meets the needs of our agencies, communities, and the people we serve, both in terms of capacity and public policy.
lareentry.org
LA Trade-Technical College Reentry Pathway
Reentry Pathway provides individual support, resources, connections, and an inclusive community at Los Angeles Trade-Technical College. Assists with application and enrollment, basic needs, and referrals.
213-763-5560 | lattc.edu/student-services/spr/reentry
A New Way of Life
A New Way of Life provides housing, case management, pro bono legal services, advocacy, and leadership development for people rebuilding their lives after incarceration.
323-563-3575 | anewwayoflife.org
The Prism Way
The Prism Way offers youth programs, transitional support, mental health and wellness, and educational and training support.
1150 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90015
213-289-0400 | theprismway.org
Project 180
Project 180 services include intensive case management, individual and group behavior modification, therapy and substance abuse counseling, pet assisted therapy, peer mentoring, benefits support, family reunification, supportive employment, housing navigation, and psychiatric medication support.
470 E 3rd St C, Los Angeles, CA 90013
213-620-5712 | project180la.com
St. John’s Community Health Center
St. John’s Reentry Support Services (RISE) offers intensive case management, identification support, benefits enrollment, legal clinics, and employment preparation.
323-541-1411 | sjch.org/rise-re-entry-program
Tarzana Treatment Centers
TTC’s Adult Reentry Grant and Justice Care Management programs offer support with social service navigation and/or case management.
818-996-1051 x3257
TransCanWork
TransCanWork supports justice-impacted trans, gender-diverse, and intersex (TGI) individuals in Los Angeles County in securing full employment.
323-206-6827 | transcanwork.org
UnCommon Law
UnCommon Law fights to ensure that all people formerly and currently incarcerated for violent crime have access to healing, justice, and effective legal representation.
510-271-0310 | uncommonlaw.org
Career One Stop
National job search page for formerly incarcerated people, with local & regional search options.
careeronestop.org/ExOffender/default.aspx
Career Online High School
An accredited online high school diploma and career certification program available through the Los Angeles Public Library.
lapl.org/diploma
Honest Jobs
Search and apply to jobs from more than 1,500 companies that are proven to hire people with criminal records.
honestjobs.com
National Reentry Resource Center
The NRRC maintains a listing of all Second Chance Act grantees around the country to help people connect with potential service providers in their communities as well as a Helpline to assist those preparing for, experiencing, or working in reentry.
nationalreentryresourcecenter.org
Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC)
PARC strives to be the first point of contact for people to connect with prisoners' rights organizations, community organizations, prison literature and arts projects, family and visiting resources, health care and legal resources, parole and pre-release resources, and the prison abolition movement.
prisonactivist.org
Project Protocol
Project Protocol maintains a resource directory, community hub, and anonymous Rate My PO database to empower people in their reentry journey.
projectprotocol.org/en-US
Root & Rebound
Root & Rebound restores power and resources to the families and communities most harmed by mass incarceration through legal advocacy, public education, policy reform, and litigation.
rootandrebound.org
Outreach
Library staff regularly conduct outreach to connect decarcerated Angelenos with library services.
Request outreach or presentations about library services at a reentry-specific event by emailing reentry@lapl.org.