Illinois Public Radio’s Robert Wildeboer has been reporting for months about Illinois prisons, both from the inside and the outside.
Today, he introduces us to a certain point in the prison experience: the time when an inmate gets to leave.
Many inmates are NOT met at the prison gates by family or friends. Instead, they pack all their belongings into a small box or bag.
Then, they’re given a train or bus ticket and ten dollars and sent out to become productive citizens.
Rob brings us this part of the prison story: