A podcast dedicated to the roughly 98% of people incarcerated in North Carolina who will eventually be released back into our communities.

Artwork By Daniel Brennick
Artwork By Michael Fullwood
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Artwork By Residents of Orange Correctional Center

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Ronnie Harris is a natural born storyteller.  So when he was encouraged to document his 33-years in prison, he sat down and wrote a memoir.   Listen to his story and discover why, for all the violence and brutality, he considers the real punishment of incarceration to be time itself

Statistics on Incarceration in North Carolina

With an incarceration rate of 559 per 100,000 residents, North Carolina locks up a higher percentage of its people than almost any democratic country on earth.¹ 

Roughly 49% of people released from prison are rearrested within the first two years.²  

A vast majority (95-98%) of incarcerated people in North Carolina will eventually be released back into our communities.³ 

Sources:
1. https://www.prisonpolicy.org/profiles/NC.html
2. https://www.nccourts.gov/commissions/sentencing-and-policy-advisory-commission
3. https://governor.nc.gov/executive-order-no-303/

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