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Get On The Bus 2023 Calendar
California Institution for Women (CIW) Saturday, April 15th 2023
High Desert State Prison (HDSP) Saturday, May 6th 2023
Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) Saturday, May 13th 2023
California State Prison - Sacramento (CSP-SAC) Saturday, June 10th 2023
Folsom State Prison (FSP) Saturday, June 10th 2023
San Quentin State Prison (SQSP) Friday, June 15th 2023
Get On The Bus serves the following institutions:
Men's Prisons:
California
Correctional Center
(CCC)
California
Men’s Colony
(CMC)
California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility
(CSATF)
Corcoran
State Prison
(CSP)
Correctional
Training Facility
(CTF)
Folsom
State Prison
(FSP)
High Desert
State Prison
(HDSP)
San Quentin
State Prison
(SQSP)
Salinas Valley
State Prison
(SVSP)
Valley State Prison (VSP)
Women's Prisons:
Folsom
Women’s Facility
(FWF)
Central California
Women’s Facility
(CCWF)
California
Institute for Women
(CIW)

What is Get On The Bus?
Get On The Bus unites children throughout California who have been separated from their mothers and fathers in prison. An annual event, Get On The Bus offers free transportation for the children and their chaperones to the prison, provides travel bags for families, a photo of each child with their parent, and meals for the whole day including a shared meal with their parent, all at no cost to the children’s family. On the bus trip home following the visit, each child receives a teddy bear with a letter from their parent in addition to post-event counseling.
Get On The Bus – uniting children with their mothers and fathers in prison-this statewide prison visiting program trains and educates hundreds of volunteers and supporters throughout California and engages the media to raise awareness about the plight of children with a parent in prison. Get On The Bus advocates for the right of children to see, embrace, and talk to their parent.
Why do the children need transportation?
When does it take place?




