Life after incarceration is difficult; Chelsie Nicholson is trying to make it easier

Written By Madelyn S

The Long Beach Post, August 4, 2022: Life after incarceration is difficult; Chelsie Nicholson is trying to make it easier

“Rehabilitation—the act of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy—is ostensibly the goal of our criminal justice system, yet, as a society, we have made it incredibly difficult for those who have been incarcerated to turn their lives around when they are released.

“Formerly incarcerated people often have the burden of starting their lives from scratch—trying to find housing and an income—after they’re released, but they’re also carrying the weight of their experiences from jail or prison.

“‘The general public doesn’t understand how dehumanizing the system is and how traumatizing it is,’ says Chelsie Nicholson, co-chair of the Community Action Partners Alliance of Long Beach and the city’s new reentry coordinator.”

Madelyn S
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