... NewsHour co-anchor Geoff Bennett hosted a live discussion on Tuesday, Oct. 10 on reentry and the family. It’s part of NewsHour’s series "Searching for Justice," focused on post-incarceration challenges. Watch the conversation in the player above. Bennett spoke with Tyrone Walker, the director of reentry services ...
Yura will finish ninth grade this year, once electricity returns and he can resume online classes. Until then, he is volunteering like his father did, visiting older residents. His mother is thinking of sending him overseas for the sake of his mental health. She needs some distance, too. “I’m ...
After spending time behind bars, how do formerly incarcerated Americans get back on their feet? Amna Nawaz and the PBS NewsHour present "Searching for Justice: Life After Lockup," a documentary that follows four people who spent time incarcerated and reveals the challenges they faced after they were released. The documentary ...
... prison is stubbornly high. Within three years of release, roughly 40 percent of those released are reincarcerated. Advocates argue that making reentry to society successful for the formerly incarcerated leaves us all better off. Race is also a factor. Black Americans are incarcerated in state and federal prisons at five ...
... bank account, and how people relate to him and align with him going forward. Amna Nawaz: Mariann, meanwhile, all these other many, many women are searching for justice in their cases. The deadline for this Adult Survivors Act has now passed. So now what? What happens with those cases? What ...
... order. And he recalled how get got the news on his birthday last Wednesday that Moriarty had agreed his conviction should be set aside. WATCH: Searching for Justice — How incarceration affects families “I shed tears,” he said. "I haven’t cried so much in 19 years. I’m so excited ...
... reports, she overcame barriers that she and many other people face after serving time in prison. This story is part of our series Searching for Justice. Cat Wise: In a courthouse in Kitsap County, across Puget Sound from Seattle, Tarra Simmons recently shed a title that's burdened her for ...
... even impossible to obtain, even as dozens of states have moved to lift barriers. Special correspondent Cat Wise reports from Oregon for our ongoing series “Searching for Justice.” ... Geoff Bennett: Being employed has proven to reduce the chances that people who have recently left prison will reoffend. But, for many ...
... with substance abuse or mental health needs. Some interns have received help getting their GEDs or driver’s license, including taking a road test. WATCH: Searching for Justice – Making reentry work after incarceration Transportation is one of the biggest barriers to reentry, Parson said. If an intern’s driver’s ...
... meets the person who pulled the trigger. William Brangham tells how an unlikely reunion recently came about in Florida. It’s part of our series, Searching for Justice. ... Geoff Bennett: Every week, it seems, we cover America's epidemic of gun violence, but we don't focus nearly enough on ...
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