Lessons learned: Hiring ex-offenders pays off, but the workers need help
Sitting at her kitchen table in Chester, in her moments of deepest despair, Dayna Chandler, 33, began this calculation: Maybe her three children would be better off if she were dead. A former bank teller, she had a criminal conviction for theft, had been in prison and hadn’t been able to keep a job for four years, not with that record, even though it was only a misdemeanor.
Redina’s story: A mother’s troubled journey home from prison
This story also can be experienced as a radio documentary. To listen, click the play button above or download the podcast of this special Nov. 27, 2017 episode of WHYY’s NewsWorks Tonight on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. The story was reported and produced by Katie Colaneri, edited by Sandra Clark and Eugene Sonn.
Parole and Probation Reform Is Bigger Than Meek Mill
Ron Bond’s troubles started, but didn’t end, with his drinking. This July, the 49-year-old construction worker celebrated five years of sobriety, but he still feels the repercussions of his addiction every day. He lives a generally peaceful life with his wife, son and two dogs in a quaint residential neighborhood in Columbia, Missouri, a college town about two hours west of St.
Americans want fewer prisoners. What’s art have to do with it? – Generocity Philly
A unique year-old pilot music program inside Pennsylvania’s largest prison needs funding to keep going. Its early success and relationship with the state offers a look inside our appetite for – and the limits of – a new kind of criminal justice reform.
Can Philly’s new technology predict recidivism without being racist?
So you’ve just been arrested. Welcome to Philadelphia’s criminal justice system. You’ll soon be whisked into a room where bail will be assigned to you – likely in a matter of seconds – by a bail magistrate or a judge who has access to your record. Maybe they’ll let you go.