Marin IJ Readers’ Forum for June 6, 2025

Marin County can do more to invest in its ex-inmates

As the president of Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs (a Bay Area-based nonprofit organization), a reentry advocate and a leader working to reimagine justice and rehabilitation in California, I think the recent Marin County Civil Grand Jury report (“Marin report finds county lacking on support of ex-inmates,” May 26) reveals a troubling gap in the community’s approach to public safety.

While many people in Marin County Jail stay less than two weeks...