We’re pleased to release a report on the impact that our Hope and Redemption Team (HART) has had on incarcerated individuals across California, helping them prepare for the parole board while engaging in transformative rehabilitative programming.
In 2017, we launched the HART team to send formerly incarcerated people back inside to provide parole and reentry programming to currently incarcerated community members. Today, HART programming is in over 30 prisons across California, including women’s facilities.
Key findings include:
- The HART team reaches over 25,000 individuals incarcerated in California.
- 95% of respondents reported fewer violations while enrolled in the program.
- The HART program created less violent, more empathetic, more connected, more confident, and more optimistic individuals.
- Relationships improved by 13%, and self-esteem improved by 11%.
As one participant described:
“Their presence, just alone, seeing them dress different, talk different, and knowing that they had jobs and that they came back to prison after serving life in prison, it was moving.”
Read the full report: ARC HART Evaluation Report Final 7-10-2025
