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    Ascend helps adults transform, so their kids never get drawn into crime.
    A unique and comprehensive program for offenders with a 75% success rate!

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    Our prison system produces hopelessness. Ascend
    helps people stay out of prison and into productive, lawful lives.
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    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a powerful tool to improve decision making.
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    Ascend students get intensive classroom
    experience - learning life skills that enable them to lead productive lives.
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    Ascend mentors go beyond the classroom to help students
    move away from negative influences and into fulfilling lives.
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    Rock climbing teaches self-reliance and promotes personal responsibility.
  • Ascend Yoga
    Students learn introspection, composure and self-control through yoga and meditation
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    Many of our students go on to attend college!
  • Ascend family
    Ascend is a proven program stops the cycle of crime,
    saves tax dollars, and increases public safety.
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The criminal justice system in America no longer works. Repeated incarceration does nothing to prevent crime. We've developed a comprehensive program that does. It changes lives, saves tax dollars and increases public safety. Wonderful things happen at Ascend. We see 75% of our students … Read More...

Success Stories – Life Success Is Possible

Life Success begins at Ascend! Ricardo was on his way to jail. After his fourth DUI arrest, he simply didn't believe he had any say in his life. He had a baby on the way, and felt his only choice was to serve his term and return to his job as a janitor - a job he hated. He suffered from depression, … Read More...

Ascend’s Founders

Criminal defense attorneys Christine Morse and Toni White observed as their clients repeatedly returned to the criminal system. They knew that at least part of the problem was the design of the system itself; standard rehabilitation programs simply don't work. The study of criminology shows that … Read More...

Action pitch to Reduce Recidivism at TEDxSacramento

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. This action pitch strives to build support for empowering criminal offenders to reach their potential in order to improve our urban cities. … Read More...

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