• WATCH: Searching for Justice — How incarceration affects families

    WATCH: Searching for Justice — How incarceration affects families

    Oct 10, 2023 06:52 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • A young Ukrainian boy watched his own father get killed by a Russian soldier. Now his family is searching for justice.

    A young Ukrainian boy watched his own father get killed by a Russian soldier. Now his family is searching for justice.

    May 12, 2022 06:04 PM EDT

    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 ...

  • WATCH: 'Searching for Justice: Life After Lockup,' a PBS NewsHour special report

    WATCH: 'Searching for Justice: Life After Lockup,' a PBS NewsHour special report

    Apr 13, 2022 05:42 PM EDT

    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 ...

  • WATCH: Searching for Justice - Making reentry work after incarceration

    WATCH: Searching for Justice - Making reentry work after incarceration

    Dec 02, 2021 07:21 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • How a New York state law opened Sean 'Diddy' Combs to sexual assault lawsuits

    How a New York state law opened Sean 'Diddy' Combs to sexual assault lawsuits

    Dec 12, 2023 11:25 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Man imprisoned as teen for flower shop killing is released after judge throws out conviction

    Man imprisoned as teen for flower shop killing is released after judge throws out conviction

    Dec 11, 2023 09:55 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Formerly incarcerated lawmaker reflects on breaking down barriers after prison

    Formerly incarcerated lawmaker reflects on breaking down barriers after prison

    Nov 06, 2023 11:20 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Occupational licensing hurts job prospects for people with criminal records

    Occupational licensing hurts job prospects for people with criminal records

    Sep 20, 2023 10:40 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • After leaving prison, returning citizens find new ground on this Michigan farm

    After leaving prison, returning citizens find new ground on this Michigan farm

    Aug 21, 2023 08:45 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...

  • Why a woman says she met and forgave the man who shot and paralyzed her decades earlier

    Why a woman says she met and forgave the man who shot and paralyzed her decades earlier

    May 04, 2023 10:25 PM EDT

    ... 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 ...