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January 10, 2024 44 mins

From Words to Weapons Episode 9 focuses on the parole system and mass incarceration in the United States.  

Emily Previti and Stephanie Marudas talk with Chicago-based journalist Ben Austen. He’s written a new book, Correction: Parole, Prison and the Possibility of Change. 

Ben also is the author of High-Risers: Cabrini-Green and the Fate of American Public Housing and the co-host of a podcast called Some of My Best Friends Are.  

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