Hard Time: Life After Prison More than 600,000 inmates now leave prison each year. Often less prepared for life in society that then were when they entered prison, they face more closed doors. Many are likely to be imprisoned again. For this report, John Biewen spent more than a year following ex-inmates in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.

		Corrections, Inc. The nation's swelling inmate population has turned imprisonment into a $40 billion a year industry. Those who've prospered along the way include corporations, prison guard unions, and police agencies. American RadioWorks examines how some of those with vested interests help to shape who gets locked up and for how long.

Prison Diaries Five inmates, four correctional officers, and a judge kept audio journals for six months.
360 Degrees online documentary   |   All Things Considered coverage

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CREDITS Correspondent and Producer: John Biewen Editor: Deborah George Host: Deborah Amos Coordinating Producer: Sasha Aslanian Photography: Steve Schapiro Managing Editor: Stephen Smith

Executive Producer: Bill Buzenberg Research Assisants: Seth Lind, Rachel Miller, Curtis Gilbert, Nichole Alwell Web Manager: John Pearson Web Art Director: Darby Laing Online Producer: Emily Thompson

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