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#131 Re-entry: The Real Experience (reprise)

Criminal Injustice returns with new episodes in September 2021. Until then, we're reposting some of our favorite interviews. This episode originally appeared Feb 9, 2021.

Leaving incarceration, and returning to life outside of prison. It’s a difficult process, and many end up back behind bars. What does it take to make it work? What more can be done to support those coming home? We hear it directly from two men who have done it. Mr. F. and Mr. R. (identities withheld) describe their steps into the free world after each served decades in prison.

InterviewsDavid HarrisAugust 3, 2021re-entry, post-conviction, mass incarceration

#132: Re-entry: The Real Experience

Leaving incarceration, and returning to life outside of prison. It’s a difficult process, and many end up back behind bars. What does it take to make it work? What more can be done to support those coming home? We hear it directly from two men who have done it. Mr. F. and Mr. R. (identities withheld) describe their steps into the free world after each served decades in prison.

InterviewsDavid HarrisFebruary 9, 2021re-entry, post-conviction, mass incarceration, Dave's Faves, 121-150

#118: The Second Chance Club: Life in Parole World

Every year, more than 600,000 Americans leave our jails and prisons. Many are on parole. Others people are put on probation instead of going to prison. The job of supervising all of them falls to parole and probation officers.

Bonus: Driver's License Revocations Revoked

In a rare moment of sanity, Pennsylvania lawmakers from both parties agree: revoking the driver's licenses of people convicted on non-driving-related charges doesn't help anybody.

Bonus EpisodesDavid HarrisOctober 28, 2018driving, post-conviction, Rick Saccone, ACLU, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, driver's license

#87: Transformation in Prison: The Inside-Out Program

In the US, we incarcerate our fellow citizens at the highest rate in the world. And once they are in prison, we give the incarcerated not another thought. But one program works to help improve our imprisoned population, by teaching them college courses inside – along with college students, from the outside.

#79: Driver’s License Suspension As Collateral Damage

For people attempting to re-enter society from jail, a job is key to staying straight. And a driver’s license is a must for lots of jobs. So why does the law in so many states suspend drivers licenses for crimes having nothing to do with driving?

Bonus: Retroactive Justice for Marijuana Convictions

More and more states are legalizing marijuana, but California is taking it a step further by retroactively vacating old convictions.

Photo: Bob Doran (CC-BY-2.0)

Bonus EpisodesDavid HarrisFebruary 8, 2018marijuana, California, post-conviction, drugs

Ask Dave: Is Felony Disenfranchisement Unconstitutional?

In some states, people convicted of felonies lose certain rights -- notably, the right to vote. What's the legal justification for a practice that indefinitely suspends the civil rights of convicts, even after they've served their sentence?

Ask DaveDavid HarrisFebruary 2, 2018elections, voting, civil rights, post-conviction