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WELCOME TO SEASON 5 of The Hidden Sentence Podcast.

The purpose of this podcast and it's blog is to help educate and empower those who have or had a loved one in prison.  Did you know that the chances are very high that someone you know has had a loved one incarcerated? Or maybe you are part of the 50% of the US population* who has or had a loved one in the carceral system? Indirectly we are all affected, and if you have a loved one in prison you are probably doing the time even though you committed no crime. This is the Hidden Sentence. The sentence does not end once your loved one is released either. Depending on the type of release he or she may still need to deal with probation or parole which carries its own set of regulations. So the prison issue continues for an indeterminable about of time. Prison: The Hidden Sentence is about those friends and family members on the outside. We are raising awareness one story at a time.

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*https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/nearly-half-americans-have-close-family-member-who-has-been-incarcerated-180971645/

Episode Blogs

Visiting Prison Year Six

My Story: Saturday Visit – Year Six

Posted by juliaeditor on  06/28/2015
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  Saturday Visit to my Brother During his Sixth Year of  Incarceration I get to the prison at 8:10am for my Saturday visit. I enter the building. There are two female officers in the control room. They take no notice of me. There are supposed to be officers at the check-in table at 8:15. They show up at 8:30. While I am waiting, a young woman walks in, she is smiley and bubbly. She tells me that
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Prison the Hidden Sentence

Prison: The Hidden Sentence

Posted by juliaeditor on  06/02/2015
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Welcome to Prison:  The Hidden Sentence Blog The purpose of this blog is to educate and empower those who have or had a loved one in prison.  Raising awareness one story at a time. Why is Prison a Hidden Sentence?  According to the US. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) 6,851,000 people were incarcerated or on probation or parole in 2014. The prison issue here is that if each of those persons had just four family members or friends on the
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Son In Prison

Son in Prison

Posted by juliaeditor on  05/09/2015
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My son is in prison My son wasn’t living with us at the time; we had kicked him out of the house 2-3 weeks prior. He moved in with a friend down the street: he was 17. I was happy he was down the street, but I had no idea he had a drug problem. I would talk to him every couple of days. One day his friend knocked on my door crying and told me
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Sentencing

My Story: The Sentencing

Posted by juliaeditor on  04/28/2015
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  At the Sentencing My Brother Was Given Life In Prison and It Changed My Life This is my story and my experience as someone who had a loved one sent to prison.  The trial lasted a few hours and life changed in one moment during the sentencing:  GUILTY and sentenced to LIFE IN PRISON. When they announced the verdict that the jury found him guilty and his sentencing, I didn’t know what to do.  The bailiff
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Advice for Your Loved One In Prison

Advice for Your Loved One In Prison

Posted by juliaeditor on  02/16/2015
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What kind of advice can you provide to your loved one? When your loved one is incarcerated his/her feelings will be in turmoil and they may feel out of control and not know what to do. You can provide them advice on what they do have control over. All they can  control is how they react to the environment around them. It is up to them to decide if they are going to be angry,
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