Creating Restorative Opportunities and Programs (CROP)

The CROP Organization was founded while four members of our leadership team (Ted Gray, Jason Bryant, Richard Mireles and Matt Braden) were incarcerated within the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).

Faced with the unique challenges presented by an antisocial and self-destructive prison environment, our team created programs that helped transform the culture into something truly restorative. It was through this new framework of possibility that the founders invited incarcerated men to begin supporting the best in each other rather than the worst. 

Throughout the years spent inside the CDCR, our team successfully trained hundreds of people in personal leadership development and created an Alcohol and Other Drug certification program which received senatorial recognition.

With our team back in the community, CROP brings innovative programs to scale and has established a blueprint for successful reentry.