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Daily News Lesson October 11 2023

Searching for Justice lesson series — How incarceration impacts families

Incarceration separates families, but what comes after is also a challenge.

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Daily News Lesson August 02 2023

Understanding the high cost of staying in touch for the incarcerated

Families of incarcerated people in the U.S. spend as much as $500 a month to keep in touch with loved ones

Inmates make phone calls from their cell at the Orange County jail in Santa Ana

Daily News Lesson May 04 2023

Understanding high cost of staying in touch for incarcerated

Learn why costs of basic services for incarcerated people makes it harder to return to life outside jails and prisons

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Daily Video October 01 2020

How this city's top prosecutor uses the arts to support criminal justice reform

A program to support artists who have served prison time is just one example of "progressive prosecution"

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Daily Video October 04 2018

National Poetry Day: How this program brings happiness to troubled teens

Learn how a unique program in Seattle teaches teens who are in jail, on the streets, or in other ways leading difficult lives to write poetry as a way to triumph over their experiences.

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