Is Florida's prison sentencing too harsh?
Episode description
Megan Michals is a social worker in Florida, USA. She shares her experience of working in a prison there to improve the wellbeing of incarcerated people and how she felt the work she was doing wasn't supported by the staff within the prison. Megan also tells us about recidivism in Florida and the 'three strikes and you're out' law which can see people spend their entire life in prison, even if they haven't committed a crime in many decades. She also shares how lack of quality nutrition and medical care in prison can cause problems for individuals, and society as a whole, when that person is released from prison.
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