Nope . $200 out the gate , usually minus the cost of clothes and bus ticket back to city of arrest .Some states might have mandatory half-way houses , which the state must provide at their cost but charge you for once you start working .. which are dorm situations with strict rules and large numbers of parole violations ( barely better than staying in prison ).signNowing adulthood in prison or jail garners no sympathy or help once you are released because the system is set up to protect society from you , not go out of it's way to rehabilitate you or keep you from going back to prison . Too much money to be made keeping you in the system . ( the real reason we incarcerate more people , percentage and real numbers , than any other country . It's not that we have more criminals , it's cuz we have more prison beds to keep full . )In CA , a large portion of prison inmates come out of prison homeless … probably other states as well . Which leaves parolees little real choice but go back to crime and gangs , or sit still in a corner and starve . You are by law forced to return to your county of sentencing , whether you have a place to live or work or not .. and even if you are trying to leave the gangs behind . ( you Can transfer parole before your release or after it , but only if the new parole region accepts you .. which they seldom have reason to want to . You have to have a job and relatives to live with there in order for them to do it . )If you turn 18 or older in prison , even if you grew up in prison .. you are an adult when you leave .