California Attorney General's Office Awarded $750,000 to Fight Recidivism

California Office of the Attorney General, October 27, 2014

LOS ANGELES -- Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced that the California Attorney General’s Office has been awarded nearly $750,000 in federal grant funds for recidivism reduction efforts. The funds, which come from the U.S. Department of Justice Second Chance Act, will be directed to “Back on Track LA,” a recidivism reduction pilot initiative under development by the California Department of Justice in Los Angeles County in partnership with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD), Los Angeles County Probation Department, local community colleges, a local charter school and private foundations. Back on Track LA is one of only four awardees in the country of this Second Chance Act grant.