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Center Helps Parolees Find Exit from Revolving Door
By nbcsandiego.com- Patrick Healy
Published: 07/05/2017

It's called, disparagingly, the revolving door -- the syndrome in which many parolees fail to overcome the obstacles to restarting their lives, commit new crimes and wind up back in prison.

Willie Thomas knows. Now approaching middle age, he's been in and out of jail and prison for more than two decades.

But on a spring day in downtown Los Angeles, he found himself in the graduating class at a program he has been attending faithfully since his last parole two years ago -- and this time, he has not tripped up.

"This program helps keep me out of trouble," said Thomas.

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