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Oct. 22, 2019: After Solitary, How Can Inmates Be Prepared Better For Life Outside?

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Supermax facility outside Florence, in southern Colorado
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The Supermax facility outside Florence, in southern Colorado.

Jabbar Currence spent 11 years in solitary confinement at the federal Supermax prison in Colorado. He was freed earlier this year, and arrested three days later for assault. A VICE News reporter on how the system fails inmates like Currence. Then, the Colorado woman who adapted a little-known WWII story into a comic. And, Monet’s high-maintenance road to Denver.