They scramble to get the right documents, find work and cash a check.
People start the game with little to no money.
#NO GAME NO LIFE SPECIALS PLUS#
HODGIN: As another participant puts it, the line for an ID is a million years long, and those who make it through the line better be prepared to pay transportation costs plus a fee. HODGIN: You think you're going to make it? They get a list of tasks to complete at stations around the gym - check in at the probation office, pay fines at the courthouse, visit the employment office. Participants take on the persona of someone leaving prison. HODGIN: That's the idea behind the activity. That's why I was like, let me see how hard it is or how difficult it is, to see what they actually go through. The group is gathered in a large gym at the university's recreation center.ĭo you know anything about the reentry process?ĬARMICHAEL: No, ma'am. HODGIN: Carmichael is one of about 100 people participating in the simulation. TRIONNE CARMICHAEL: Been in prison, in federal prison, for 10 years. But today, Carmichael is walking in the shoes of a man named Wessel (ph). MARY SCOTT HODGIN, BYLINE: In the real world, Trionne Carmichael works at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and she's studying social work. From member station WBHM, Mary Scott Hodgin reports. It's part of a nationwide effort to increase empathy for people leaving prison.
They participated in a reentry simulation hosted by the U.S. In Alabama, a group of students and professors recently got a taste of the experience. Every day, thousands of people are released from prison, and oftentimes, they're set up to fail.
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