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Episode Synopsis
If you want get in touch, send us a textIn Episode 5 of April's series, On a Mission with a Purpose, she talks to a man who has experienced incarceration from both sides. As a young man, he worked as a Corrections Officer in a youth detention center in Butner, North Carolina. Years later, he himself landed in prison with a 3-year sentence. Hear his story and learn about his current work as a peer support specialist for South Light, a mental health and substance use treatment center in Durham.In 2023, Judy Van Wyk and April Barber partnered to create a podcast about the many issues people face when transitioning from prison. Van Wyk is a longtime video producer and criminal justice advocate. April Barber received a life sentence when she was 15. After more than 31 years, she had her sentence commuted by Governor Cooper. She was released March 24, 2022.
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