The new program at Santa Rita Jail aims to help reduce recidivism by allowing inmates to do volunteer work in their community.
After seven years of homelessness and an arrest that landed him behind bars, 50-year-old Raymond Abels never dreamed he’d be in a position to help others struggling to overcome life on the streets.
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 30: Ray Piontek, founder of the Bay Area Furniture Bank, delivers household items to Navy veterans living at a supportive housing building in San Jose, Calif., Wednesday, March 30, 2022. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 30: Ray Piontek, founder of the Bay Area Furniture Bank, talks with Navy veteran Craig Robey, Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at his new apartment in San Jose, Calif.
DUBLIN, CA - MARCH 29: Inmates Jason Blackard, left, and Rogelio Romayor, right, assemble night stands in a workshop area at Santa Rita Jail on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Dublin, Calif. Members of the vocational training program at the jail are building items for the Bay Area Furniture Bank, which provides furniture to people transitioning out of homelessness.
DUBLIN, CA - MARCH 29: Inmates unload boxes of furntiture at Santa Rita Jail on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Dublin, Calif. Members of the vocational training program at the jail are building items for the Bay Area Furniture Bank, which provides furniture to people transitioning out of homelessness.
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