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Could we be doing more to help people on parole?

by Kai Ryssdal , Alli Fam and Bridget Bodnar

Mar 2, 2020

A former New Orleans parole officer reflects on what could be done better to help parolees stay out of jail and build new lives.

A truck is parked in front of a home in the historic Fauborg Marigny neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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