This Week's Program

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Still Doin' Time

“Yeah, I did my time … but I’m still being punished by society … .You know, this is gonna be a continual thing for the rest of my life. I’m still doing time, just in a different way.” – Jamie

One of every 100 people in the U.S. is imprisoned at least once in their life – the highest incarceration rate in the world. 

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My Turn

This week's My Turn author

Just Sayin'

by Emily Ralph

I could think of a million reasons why Michael Vick should be kicked off the Eagles, but none of them mattered. If I truly believe in second chances, I don’t get to pick who gets one, or what it looks like.

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This Week's Resources

Current Free Offer
“How to Create a Re-entry Plan” from National Fatherhood Initiative. 

Video 
A Third Way Media documentary on re-entry after prison. Features Jamie from this program, along with others.  

Websites
The Long Road Back web site highlights the stories told in the documentary and provides information and links to the myriad of difficult issues ex-offenders face upon re-entry.  Tell your story or respond to others on this site.

National Fatherhood Initiative
NFI was established in 1994 to ensure that every child has what they need to succeed: the love and support of an involved, responsible and committed father.

Agency 
A group home for individuals transitioning from prison to free society. Learn more about the home or how you can help at the Web Site.

Related Resources

Websites
U.S. Department of Justice Re-entry Information

U.S. Government official site on re-entry from prison, including information and resources.
 
An organization to chart the safe and successful return of prisoners to the community.

Video
PBS Frontline Special: “The Released”
A documentary on recidivism and mental illness.

Burton's Blog

Re-entry

We’ve got one big problem in this country, where the home of the free locks up more of their neighbors than any other country on earth. The cost itself is staggering. California alone spends more on prisons than it does on education. There are more mentally ill in prisons than in mental health facilities. What kind of priority is that?...

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Next Week

When one person in the family has a drug addiction, it affects the entire family. But imagine an entire family – parents and children – all battling with drug and alcohol addictions. Next week Shaping Families talks with one such family that found themselves caught in a cycle of drug and alcohol abuse and how together, as a family, they found their way out.

Favorite Family Recipes

Davis Apple Pie

Producer Melodie Davis writes: The old song goes “Can she bake a cherry pie?” which stereotypically tested a potential sweetheart’s viability as a mate by whether or not she could bake a decent cherry pie. For me, that was the “apple pie” test.

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