Documentary: Time on the Outside – Incarceration and Families

This is Free Speech Radio News for Friday, December 31, 2010. As the population of people in prison continues to grow at an exponential rate, another population is also growing: People with loved ones behind bars. Reporter Shannon Heffernan spent time with families dealing with incarceration in Illinois. The struggles these families experienced, as well as the alternative solutions being explored, reflect national trends. Where she only uses first names, it is at the request of interviewees for privacy. Today we bring you a special encore presentation of our documentary from Shannon Heffernan called, “Time on the Outside.” Special thanks to the community at Spot.Us, who helped fund this documentary.

This project was supported in part by a grant form the Soros Justice Fellowships Program of the Open Society Institute.