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Returning Citizens: Life Beyond Incarceration
On Our Own
Season 1
Episode 104
The formerly incarcerated face a range of barriers to re-entering society, but one of the most challenging and persistent is the search for meaningful employment. Though certain state and corporate mandates have helped to ease the stigma, many returning citizens have taken hold of their own destinies by becoming business owners and entrepreneurs, often by using skills they’d learned behind bars.
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Renowned activist Susan Burton visits a safe refuge for formerly incarcerated women.
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Disgraced Ex-Philly DA finds redemption by advocating for returning citizens.
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A store owner hires returning citizens to work in stores that serve their neighborhoods.
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Sentenced as teens, then freed by the Supreme Court, inmates tell their truths.
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Formerly incarcerated citizens learn useful new skills and creative pride.