ReEntry Stories
More than 20,000 people are released from prison in Ohio every year, 1,500 in Montgomery County alone. When they return to the community, they often have trouble finding jobs, housing, education, and mental health services.
The Eichelberger Center for Community Voices at WYSO started a podcast called ReEntry Stories in 2019 to give returned citizens a chance to tell their stories.
Support for ReEntry Stories comes from Sinclair Community College and LION.
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Latest Episodes
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Community Voices producer Courtney Alspaugh speaks with De’Ona Smith about her experience and why employers should look beyond a past conviction. -
WYSO’s Heidi Arnold and Courtney Alspaugh discuss employment after incarceration, reentry challenges, community support and the legacy ofMary Evans in the season premiere of WYSO’s ReEntry Stories. -
WYSO remembers Mary Evans, the pioneering journalist who created "Reentry Stories." This memorial tribute celebrates her life and highlights her important work in Ohio. -
Rachel McMillian at the University of Illinois partners with the Ohio Innocence Project to invite exonerees to her class to educate students about wrongful incarceration. -
Robert McLendon spent two decades in prison for a crime he didn't commit. He says the Ohio Innocence Project and 'The Columbus Dispatch' paved the way for his release.
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Hear the story of Nancy Smith, a bus driver from Ohio who was wrongfully convicted of sexually abusing children in her care. Smith served more than 15 years in prison.
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Starting in 2006, Central Ohio native Richard Horton served more than a dozen years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. -
Tara Rosnell, chair of the Ohio Innocence Project Board of Advocates, says, "Our mission is to free innocent people." In this episode, host Mary Evans interviews Rosnell.
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For this season, ReEntry Stories creator Mary Evans partnered with the Ohio Innocence Project to explore critical stories of injustice in the criminal justice system. -
To see Justice Michael Donnelly speak, RSVP to lheller2@udayton.edu by the end of the day on Sept. 10.
