Topic: LA County

Saroyal Booker, practices sautéing vegetables before her final exam at the Culinary Job Training program at DC Central Kitchen in Washington, DC. Saroyal is staying at Friends of Guest House in Alexandria, Virginia, which helps women successfully reenter the workforce from incarceration. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

From prison to the workplace

Hilda L. Solis, Mark Ridley-Thomas