Contra Costa County - Custody Alternative Facility (CAF)

Brief about Contra Costa County - Custody Alternative Facility (CAF)

Contra Costa County - Custody Alternative Facility (CAF) is a rehab facility/reentry program / halfway house in California with zero beds. You can apply for this facility if you need rehabilitation after prison time. A reentry management program RRM is a process followed by federal agencies that helps inmates return to everyday life after serving their sentence.

Reentry assistance minimizes the risk of recidivism. RRC or Residential Reentry centers are also known as halfway houses that support inmates about to be released. This facility provides a supervised, safe environment with ways of getting back to life. Contra Costa County - Custody Alternative Facility (CAF) gives all inmates employment counseling, financial management assistance, and other programs. This RRC aims to help ex-offenders with activities during this new phase of getting back to everyday life.

Facility Type and Security Level

Contra Costa County - Custody Alternative Facility (CAF) is an Adult facility with minimum security.

Programs offered by Contra Costa County - Custody Alternative Facility (CAF)

• Counseling to get back to everyday life and lead a good life ahead.
• Assistance with employment
• Assistance with housing
• Abuse and Drug Treatment
• Special care program for inmates providing medical and mental healthcare.

Education, Medication & Counseling

It has all the civic amenities required to help inmates get back to everyday life. From time to time, they are provided with medical care if they need any. Counseling is provided to every inmate weekly to help them recover from various situations they are going through.

Inmate placement into a RRC

Depending on the time served in prison, an inmate can avail of this RRC program for 12-19 months. The inmate unit manager determines the duration, considering the criteria below.

• Nature of offense
• History of the offender and behavior during time served.
• Statement of the court
• US Sentencing Commission
• The facility charge can also recommend some inmates for the RRC program.

Visitation Rules & Timing

Visitation is not permitted in these Residential Reentry Centers (RRCs), and the specific locations of the RRCs are kept confidential for security reasons. You can only find out which Residential Reentry Manager (RRM) office handles a particular inmate. However, by using our inmate locator, you can discover the inmate's current location.