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Aaron Rose’s Full-Circle Journey of Transformation,...

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2025/09/08

Aaron Rose’s journey is one of full-circle transformation. Growing up in San Diego, the Navy veteran later found himself bouncing in and out of prison for years after returning fromdeployment in Afghanistanwith a severe case of PTSD that led him down a dark path.

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From Darkness to Redemption: The Journey of Yadira...

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2025/07/22

Ya Ya and Susan Bustamante at Home FreeWhen Yadira “Ya Ya” Onefre looks in the mirror today, she sees someone she

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FIVE KEYS SELECTED AS LOWE’S HOMETOWNS PROJECT and...

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2025/07/07

Lowe’s Hometowns projects demonstrate the power of improving community spaces to help address critical needs.

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Inside and Out: Navigator Paves a Path of Hope and...

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2025/06/11

Patrick Bayona and Joe Durant at the Five Keys 21st Anniversary CelebrationIn his almost 14 years with Five Keys, Joe

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Vallejo Council approves Broadway Project, Navigation...

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2025/06/06

The Vallejo City Council Tuesday approved contracts for operators of two homeless facilities, the Navigation Center and the Broadway Project, and allocated funding to both, bringing the long-delayed projects to the brink of fruition.The council approved a lease and operator agreement with Shelter, Inc. and Firm Foundation Community Housing for the Broadway Project, and allocated $642,861 of OpioidLitigationFund monies to the project. The council also approved a lease and operator agreement to Five

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Passports to the Future: Five Keys Educator Pulls...

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2025/05/27

Timothy presented at the Five Keys 2023 NorCal Graduation CeremonyOn a

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From Solitary Confinement to Second Chance: Finding...

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2025/05/15

We’re all just love and I think love is more important than anything.When the heavy steel door clanged shut, Ernest Douglas Brown found himself in a small, windowless 8 ft × 10 ft room with minimal furnishings — a concrete ledge for sleeping, a steel sink/toilet combination, and two concrete cubes serving as a desk and chair. He was kept in isolation for up to 23 hours a day and under constant surveillance — a crucible, raw, brutal, and dehumanizing.For Ernest,

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Freedom Warrior: After almost 25 years in prison, a...

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2025/03/31

Just three months after being released from prison, Trancita Ponce, 43, is pouring her heart into a new chapter of her life — giving back to those who need it most. After

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Good Job. Keep Going, Keep Going:” Patrick Bayona’s...

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2025/03/27

Incarcerated during his early thirties, Patrick Bayona’s journey to self-discovery began in the harsh isolation of the “hole” at 850 Bryant Jail. It was there, confined to a cramped space with 10 violent offenders for six months, that he discovered the transformative power of art.

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You Can! They Will! Don’t Ever Give Up!

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2025/03/04

From Student to Principal Advocate: How Monique Kammer Turned Setbacks into Steppingstones

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The impact of domestic violence on women in prison...

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2024/10/18

By LaMonica Peters Published October 17, 2024, 11:12pm PDTKTVU FOX 2SAN FRANCISCO - October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a newly released study from Stanford surveyed women incarcerated for killing their abusers. The head researcher says the findings help paint a picture of how domestic violence impacted their lives. Researchers found that there is a pipeline from intimate partner violence to prison. The women at Five Keys Home Free in San Francisco

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Principal Helps Build a Bright Future for LA’s Boyle...

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2024/09/02

With 20 years of experience in education, Sucari Epps is the proud principal at Five Keys Boyle Heights youth site in Los Angeles. Hailing from a family of pioneering Black women —her grandmother was an employment specialist for the veteran’s administration and her mom a probation officer —her path to becoming a principal was not linear.

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CA set to cut Freedom Project, aimed at reducing mass...

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2024/08/17

Mission Localby Griffin Jones May 30, 2024, 11:08 amThe Freedom Project, a first-of-its-kind program, has helped 88 people, with 500 still waiting

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Second Chance Program Offers Former Prison Inmate New...

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2024/08/02

Before he graduated high school this May through Five Keys Charter Schools, JosephRiddlesperger, 27, spent most of his teen years “catching cases.” Bounced from juvenile hall to foster homes, he was kicked out of high school. Eventually he ended up incarcerated for almost four years. The collateral consequences of a trauma-filled upbringing led him to multiple convictions for vehicle theft, DUI, drug possession, stealing cars, and evading the law.

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Bringing Rhyme and Reason to Make a Difference for...

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2024/07/10

Spotlight on Dorick Scarpelli, VP of College, Career, and Reentry PathwaysTo write poetry is to be vulnerable, to feel free. To trust the people around you.Teaching literature and lyric art in a jail, an underworld environment designed around confinement and censorship, was perhaps the least likely place Dorick Scarpelli envisioned his future.

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Classical music composition class enriches Bay Area jail

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2024/04/16

A new classical music composition program has changed the lives of a number of inmates serving time at a Bay Area jail. They recently gathered to listen to performances of

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Mission district tiny-homes project opens follow...

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2024/04/15

By James Salazar | Examiner staff writerSixty new tiny homes opened in the Mission district Monday as part of The City’s efforts to expand temporary shelter for unhoused individuals.Located at 1979 Mission St., the cabins can accommodate up to 68 people, depending on the number of couples. Each home has a locking door, a bed, storage space, furniture, outlets and heating. Hygiene facilities, a dining area and a common area are also included, while residents will be provided access to meals, case

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Tiny ‘Mission Cabins’ for homeless residents open...

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2024/04/15

Mission Cabins at 1979 Mission Street. Photo by Xueer Lu. April 10, 2024.by XUEER LUAPRIL 15, 2024, 6:00 AMMission

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San Francisco Opens Mission Cabins to Expand...

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2024/04/15

60 new cabins are part of continued expansion of City’s shelter services, which have increased by over 60% over the last 5 yearsApril 15, 2024SanFrancisco, CA -- Today

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New program seeks to rehabilitate Sonoma County jail...

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2024/04/02

MADISON SMALSTIG | THE PRESS DEMOCRAT | April 1, 2024, 3:15PMThe

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