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Breaking barriers to reentry

By Sabrina Garone
Published March 28, 2023 at 3:31 PM EDT
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Some drops in prison populations were offset by increases at local jails, especially in rural areas.
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Some drops in prison populations were offset by increases at local jails, especially in rural areas.

A new guaranteed income pilot program will give formerly incarcerated individuals in New Haven $500 a month for a year. Connecticut’s healthcare spending exceeds the governor’s benchmark. Police have seized an increased amount of ghost guns on Long Island. And results of the latest Siena College poll on the New York state budget don’t reflect what’s going on in the legislature.

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Sabrina Garone
Sabrina is host and producer of WSHU’s daily podcast After All Things. She also produces the climate podcast Higher Ground and other long-form news and music programs at the station. Sabrina spent two years as a WSHU fellow, working as a reporter and assisting with production of The Full Story.
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