Photos: Prison realignment in California

Maira Lopez Becerra, 16, accompanies her father, Benito Lopez Ruiz, 45, as he checks in at a kiosk in Riverside, California, during a quarterly visit to the probation department. Sadaf Syed for Al Jazeera America

Mark Hake, Riverside County’s chief probation officer, oversees released prisoners whose last conviction was for a nonviolent felony. While supervision of this population used to be the state’s responsibility, it has been shifted to county probation departments. Sadaf Syed for Al Jazeera America

In Riverside County, 13 percent of the 3,200 additional adult offenders under the probation department’s supervision are homeless. Sadaf Syed for Al Jazeera America

Probation officers must try to find released prisoners a place to live if they don’t have one. This home in the upper-middle-class La Sierra neighborhood houses 12 male parolees and a house manager. From left: Richard Huckabay, Wesley Minton, house manager Bruce Millsap and Garland Holloway in their living room. Sadaf Syed for Al Jazeera America

Huckabay, 61, was last convicted for drug possession. He expects to be off probation in November. Sadaf Syed for Al Jazeera America

While he was homeless, Paul Becker, 51, used the kiosks to check in with the probation department. Now he shares a home with 12 other men. Sadaf Syed for Al Jazeera America