New Book ‘Halfway Home’ Explores Life After Incarceration
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Author Reuben Jonathan Miller joins us in discussion.
In Illinois there are more than 1,400 laws regulating the lives of people who are formerly incarcerated. A new book by Reuben Jonathan Miller examines these laws and how they affect the lives of people with felonies once they are out of prison.
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New Book ‘Halfway Home’ Explores Life After Incarceration
Clip: 2/3/2021 | 7m 1sVideo has Closed Captions
In Illinois there are more than 1,400 laws regulating the lives of people who are formerly incarcerated. A new book by Reuben Jonathan Miller examines these laws and how they affect the lives of people with felonies once they are out of prison.
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