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Crime, Law and Justice

After an historic, generation-long prison expansion, American prisons are now releasing more than 600,000 inmates each year. The punishment doesn't end at the prison gates.  On the outside, ex-prisoners face tattered connections to family and more closed doors. They also pose a challenge for the places they go home to.  We explore life after prison in "Hard Time", from Minnesota Public Radio's 

After an historic, generation-long prison expansion, American prisons are now releasing more than 600,000 inmates each year. The punishment doesn't end at the prison gates.  On the outside, ex-prisoners face tattered connections to family and more closed doors. They also pose a challenge for the places they go home to.  We explore life after prison in "Hard Time", from Minnesota Public Radio's American Radioworks documentary series.


Hard Time: Life After Prison

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