By Naomi Friedland Joseph Bristol is proud to graduate from CAP, the Conviction Alternatives Program, on April 2, following a successful year in the program. After four years struggling with addiction and homelessness, Joseph received support from a residential rehab, which led him to A Curiae. Joseph was a functional addict for most of his addiction and was able to keep a steady job in hotel maintenance. However, the COVID-19 pandemic and his mother’s passing triggered Josep

By Naomi Friedland After a criminal charge motivated Becky Davis to recover from addiction, she has since given back to the communities that supported her, helping others through reentry and recovery. “It was not hard, but it wasn’t easy,” Davis said. “All of it is so worth it because the alternative is 10 years in prison.” She said through CAP she learned how to live life sober. Therapy and rehab helped her deal with the trauma, heartache and grief that kept her in addiction

By Naomi Friedland Jason Baum, 49, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, mainly in San Mateo. He said that despite being college-educated and coming from a good family, he still found a path toward incarceration. When Baum was arrested in 2013, he was working as a recruiter in the tech space, an industry he had been in since 1999. Baum utilized his time in prison to reflect and better himself. “I used this time as if I were in school,” he said. Baum said his mother would t