CROP program looks to move people from prison to tech

Getting out of prison is one thing: staying out as a productive member of society can be another entirely.

With California’s high levels of recidivism in mind, Oakland-based nonprofit Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs (CROP) is set to open a reentry campus there for formerly incarcerated people in early April. It is a mission that defines the life arcs of Ted Gray and Jason Bryant, the organization’s co-founders. The duo met as state prisoners after felony convictions in their early 20s.