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Recidivism rates are at almost 65% in New York, pointing to a continuous cycle of imprisonment for many. Our partners at MetroFocus talk to Flores Forbes about his new book called “Invisible Men: A Contemporary Slave Narrative in the Era of Mass Incarceration” about the difficult reality of re-entering society after incarceration and the stigma that formerly incarcerated men often face.