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Addressing Challenges to Reentering Society

Keesha Middlemass is an associate professor of Political Science at Trinity University in San Antonio. She studies the challenges facing convicted felons when they attempt to reenter society upon their release from prison. Middlemass is the author of the book Convicted and Condemned: The Politics and Policies of Prisoner Reentry. She recently spoke on the University of Arkansas campus and also visited us.

Kyle Kellams is KUAF's news director and host of Ozarks at Large.
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