6,000 Prisoners Make Their Way Home Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email Inmates walk through the yard at the Kern County Sheriff's Office Lerdo Detention Facility in Bakersfield on August 8, 2014. Across California, more than 13,500 prisoners were released in 2014. ( Al Seib/Los Angeles Times / Getty ) Produced by Amber Hall Produced by PRI and WNYC