Home After Harm Graduation at Salinas Valley State Prison
UnCommon Law held a powerful graduation ceremony for our third Home After Harm cohort on July 31, 2025, at California State Prison – Los Angeles County. The ceremony honored 30 graduates who completed the program and celebrated their steps toward growth, healing, and transformation. Staff, loved ones, community members, and three peer mentors joined together for moving speeches, certificate presentations, and heartfelt reflections, creating an atmosphere of recognition many had never experienced before. Seeing participants and alumni stand together underscored the strength of this growing community and the profound impact of Home After Harm in building support and pathways to healing and transformation.
"Graduation left me feeling truly inspired. The tears and heartfelt conversations I had with family and participants moved me. I know now that all the hard work was well worth it. The love was real, and I could never have imagined being part of something this powerful. Miracles are real."
-Steven Berinti, Parole Success Advocate
