The number of homeless former prisoners arriving in Los Angeles County nearly doubled from 1,621 in 2019 to 2,945 in 2020, when officials accelerated releases in response to the pandemic.

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NORFOLK — The first group of families have arrived as expected this week at the state’s new homeless shelter in a former local prison. Twenty-two families have moved into the former Bay State ...

Homelessness upon release from prison is another issue. In the first five months of this year 113 former convicts presented to emergency homeless accommodation on the day of their release ...

NORFOLK – A former prison in Norfolk will be used as an emergency shelter site for homeless families, about half will be newly arrived immigrants when the converted space opens next month ...

(WJAR) — The former Bay State Correctional Center in Norfolk was decommissioned as a prison in 2015, but soon the facility will turn into temporary housing for homeless and migrant families.

Safety-net sites like the former prison are intended for homeless families with children or pregnant women who are eligible for emergency assistance under the state’s right to shelter law ...