On January 28, 2016 nine incarcerated individuals from Santa Cruz County Main Jail graduated from the second cohort of the county's 12-week CODE 4 program. CODE 4 (Correctional Opportunities for Developing Empowerment) is designed to reduce recidivism by providing incarcerated individuals with a structured and supportive space where they can explore behavior patterns that have caused harm in their lives. Freedom Within Project (FWP) congratulates these graduates and we are proud of the personal work these incarcerated men have done. FWP is one of several organizations that provide programming for the CODE 4 Program.

FWP Facilitators, Marc L'Ecluse, Malcolm Dydo, and Jay Saber, who attended the graduation ceremony, facilitate their twelve-week curriculum on a weekly basis inside the jail. The two-hour transformational group meetings encompass personal development processes that aid participants in creating awareness around their own behaviors, motivations, and intentions. The processes and rounds within the group allow the participants to develop trust and the capacity for self reflection and insight into causitive factors that led to their incarceration..