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Uncuffed Producerbf thames (Brian Thames) is a founding producer of KALW's Uncuffed, presenting stories that show the humanity of incarcerated people.
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When someone is sent to prison for the first time, how do they figure out all the little dos and don'ts? -
Quinton Gray talks about his life-long struggle with mental illness—and the assumptions people make about him.
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Two men discuss the pain of losing a sibling to suicide. And the struggle to process that pain, while inside prison.
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From the series Uncuffed:After two decades in prison, Andrew Peralta's re-entry was going great ... until it wasn't.
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Mother’s Day is marketed as a celebration of unconditional love, but many of us have complicated relationships with our moms, involving lots of different emotions. Uncuffed producers at Solano State Prison talked about what the day brings up for them.
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From the series Uncuffed:Raymond Jones is often debilitated by depression. Sometimes he doesn’t want to shower, eat, or even think. He also doesn’t like…
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From the series Uncuffed: Sanyika Shakur, formerly known as “Monster” Kody Scott, is getting out of prison. While incarcerated in 1993, he published “Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member,” which made him famous.
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Roderick Hall got a life sentence for killing his brother. He says he only did it to save the life of someone else he loved just as much.Uncuffed is…
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From the series Uncuffed:A lot of people are in prison for crimes related to marijuana. But some believe that cannabis could have kept them away from…
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From the series Uncuffed:As a child, Ivan Kilgore believed in God because that’s what he was told to do. But doubts were always with him. I wondered if…
