Success after prison: A felon’s story | White House Chronicle 10013

March 31, 2018 by

White House Chronicle, Show #10013
Air Date: March 30, 2018
Run Time: 29:00
Host: Llewellyn King
Co-host: Linda Gasparello
Guests: Peter Slom, Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth and Families; and Frederic Reamer, Rhode Island College
Topic: Success after prison: A felon’s story

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