{"id":106537,"date":"2026-03-26T14:41:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T19:41:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=106537"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:55:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T19:55:17","slug":"watch-day-in-day-out-as-illinois-spends-900-million-on-new-prisons-people-coming-home-invest-in-art-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/watch-day-in-day-out-as-illinois-spends-900-million-on-new-prisons-people-coming-home-invest-in-art-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Day in &#038; Day Out \u2014 As Illinois spends $900 million on new prisons, people coming home invest in art instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Morgan Norris<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Medill Reports<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">Henry Broomfield<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">spent 26 years<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0inside\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">Stateville<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0Correctional\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">Center<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">, where<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW42802903 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0according to the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">John Howard Association,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">inmates lived with hazardous water and falling ceilings.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0Now free, he and others are\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">turning to art to rebuild their lives<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">, even as\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">the state<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange SCXW42802903 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW42802903 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">invest<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW42802903 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">s<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange SCXW42802903 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">$900 million<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW42802903 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion CommentHighlightRest TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW42802903 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW42802903 BCX0\">in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW42802903 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">new\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">prisons<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0community says it\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">doesn&#8217;t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\">\u00a0want.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW42802903 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"DAY IN &amp; DAY OUT \u2014 As Illinois spends $900 million on new prisons, people coming home invest in art instead\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1177447513?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>TRANSCRIPT:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>HENRY BROOMFIELD: This a poem I wrote while I was in prison.<\/p>\n<p><em>AUDIO: Now, this may offend,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But how can this offend<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>When this is my skin<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the world that I live in?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The new word?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s \u201c(N-word)\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I mean, \u201cfella.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A word for less you settle.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BROOMFIELD: What happens is now that I&#8217;m here on the outside, I get sometimes tired in the daytime.<\/p>\n<p>NARRATION: Meet Henry Broomfield. He\u2019s only been free for three months.<\/p>\n<p>BROOMFIELD: Uh, December \u201825.<\/p>\n<p>NARRATION: And next week is his birthday. <em>(Editor&#8217;s note: Broomfield&#8217;s birthday was on March 14)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>BROOMFIELD: Yeah, he allowed me to come Saturday, &#8217;cause I haven\u2019t seen you since I was a teenager.<\/p>\n<p>NARRATION: The first time he&#8217;ll see his sister in 28 years.<\/p>\n<p>BROOMFIELD: We talk a lot because we all we got left now. When I was born, she didn&#8217;t have no kids, so I was like her son.<\/p>\n<p>NARRATION: His mother and both of his brothers died while he was in prison. He still thinks about the day he says everything went wrong.<\/p>\n<p>BROOMFIELD: A guy that I was close with, \u201cSuch and such robbed me,\u201d and he put the gun in my baby&#8217;s mouth. So then, that&#8217;s when the decision was made. So, I made a bad decision at 17 years old, and paid for it \u2014 teens, 20s, 30s, 40s. And I\u2019m being judged.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255721780 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255721780 BCX0\">NARRATION: Then there was\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255721780 BCX0\">Stateville<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255721780 BCX0\">\u00a0Correctional Center.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW255721780 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>BROOMFIELD: They roaches is like inmates. A lot of them guys had cancer, stomach cancer, because of that water. I knew it was bad. Like, whenever I come from playing basketball and I drink some water, my stomach hurt. Come on, now, that ain\u2019t\u2014 I mean, that ain&#8217;t normal.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\">NARRATION:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\">It&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\">\u00a0not normal, which is why Illinois lawmakers\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\">allocated<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\">\u00a0$900 million to rebuild Stateville and Logan Correctional Center<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW207247720 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\">s<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\">\u00a0under a plan called RISE\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW207247720 BCX0\">IDOC<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW207247720 BCX0\">. But the community\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\">doesn&#8217;t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207247720 BCX0\">\u00a0want it.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW207247720 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW207934846 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW207934846 BCX0\">SARAH ROSS<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW207934846 BCX0\">: We think that public safety means having that money in our neighborhoods.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW207934846 BCX0\">That&#8217;s actually what safety is, not building prisons for people who aren&#8217;t even born yet.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW207934846 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW12530010 BCX0\">FAYLITA HICKS<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW12530010 BCX0\">:\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">It&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">\u00a0a\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">money<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW12530010 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">&#8211;<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange SCXW12530010 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion SCXW12530010 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">making<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">\u00a0machine.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">They just want\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW12530010 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">to put\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">more bodies in.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun AdvancedProofingIssueV2Themed SCXW12530010 BCX0\">All of<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">\u00a0the legislative work that\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">we&#8217;ve<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">\u00a0been doing<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW12530010 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW12530010 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">and our<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW12530010 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">\u00a0grassroots organization<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW12530010 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">s<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW12530010 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">\u00a0and at the state level and at the city level<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW12530010 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW12530010 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">to get people out of the prisons is making it hard for them to make money<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW12530010 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW12530010 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\">NARRATION: According to the John Howard Association, Illinois prisons had a 29<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW182535031 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\">%<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange SCXW182535031 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion SCXW182535031 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\">staff vacancy rate in\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW182535031 BCX0\">2024<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW182535031 BCX0\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW182535031 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\">Ninety-six\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW182535031 BCX0\">percent of people who go to prison will eventually come\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW182535031 BCX0\">home<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW182535031 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>JENNIFER VOLLEN-KATZ: We are certainly not interested in expanding the carceral footprint in Illinois. However, we&#8217;re very realistic about the fact that people who are currently incarcerated are living in conditions that are inhumane, unsafe, and frankly unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>SEN. LAKESIA COLLINS: When I think about $900 million, I&#8217;m thinking about the communities that could use that funding. I can totally understand those who are opposed to it, but I also know that the current conditions that folks who are incarcerated with right now have to change right now.<\/p>\n<p>NARRATION: While the city continues to make investments, the damage done from current correctional facilities makes it harder to re-enter society.<\/p>\n<p>BROOMFIELD: A lot of people was like, \u201cActually,\u201d they\u2019re like, \u201cDo you know where the Bean at?\u201d I\u2019m like, \u201cWhat the hell is the Bean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW173906834 BCX0\">When I left, and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">I got on the\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">bus,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0they\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">didn&#8217;t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0cuff me up.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0Bu<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">t I was in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">the<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">chair, I was in\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW173906834 BCX0\">the<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">seat like this.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">And\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">after about an hour I realized,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">what the hell<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">I\u2019m<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0doing?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u2018Cause<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">I&#8217;m<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0so used to being cuffed up.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW173906834 BCX0\">Been\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW173906834 BCX0\">26<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0years\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">of\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">going from prison to prison cuffed up.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0So now\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">that\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">I\u2019m<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0in a car,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">I\u2019m<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">like\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">I\u2019m<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0cuffed up.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">I\u2019m<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0like, man<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">what the hell<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">I\u2019m<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0doing?<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">Man, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">let me get loose. It\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">didn&#8217;t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0get real to me until I got right outside of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW173906834 BCX0\">Chicago<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">I\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW173906834 BCX0\">seen<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">them buildings<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">. I was like,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW173906834 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">OK<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">It&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0real.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">I&#8217;m<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW173906834 BCX0\">\u00a0here.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW173906834 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW211734325 BCX0\" lang=\"EN\" xml:lang=\"EN\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW211734325 BCX0\">NARRATION: On Chicago&#8217;s West Side,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentStart CommentHighlightPipeRest CommentHighlightRest SCXW211734325 BCX0\">a handful of organizations are filling the gaps the state cannot.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW211734325 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW181983079 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW181983079 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW181983079 BCX0\">BRIAN BEALS:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW181983079 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW181983079 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW181983079 BCX0\">Do<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW181983079 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW181983079 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW181983079 BCX0\">\u00a0anybody have any else, any else they want to say about\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW181983079 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW181983079 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW181983079 BCX0\">the exercise we just did?<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW181983079 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW218448543 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW218448543 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW218448543 BCX0\">BROOMFIELD: I like\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW218448543 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW218448543 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW218448543 BCX0\">the different<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange TrackChangeHoverSelectColorRed SCXW218448543 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW218448543 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeHoverSelectHighlightRed SCXW218448543 BCX0\">\u00a0perspectives.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightRest SCXW168434829 BCX0\">BEALS<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun CommentHighlightPipeRest SCXW168434829 BCX0\">: We\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168434829 BCX0\">write<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168434829 BCX0\">\u00a0all original stories about our lives. Now that\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168434829 BCX0\">we&#8217;re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW168434829 BCX0\"> out, those stories are transitioning into stories of reentry. While we were in, they were stories of prison culture and confinement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BROOMFIELD: Art was everything. I\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0know how I would\u00a0have got\u00a0through 26 and a half years without God and art.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\">NARRATION:<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange SCXW137730205 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion SCXW137730205 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW137730205 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\">Beals\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\">and<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange SCXW137730205 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion SCXW137730205 BCX0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW137730205 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\">Broomfield\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\">served time together, and now\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\">they&#8217;re<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\">\u00a0free together. So even though walls are being built,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\">they&#8217;ll<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW137730205 BCX0\">\u00a0continue turning them sideways, day in and day out, one day at a time.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW137730205 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">BROOMFIELD: When we\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW214458056 BCX0\">was<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">\u00a0on the inside, we all bonded and became brothers. But at\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">first<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW214458056 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">\u00a0I was feeling like\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">I&#8217;m<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">\u00a0in this big old city<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextDeletionMarker TrackedChange SCXW214458056 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun TrackChangeTextDeletion SCXW214458056 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">\u00a0I\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">don&#8217;t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">\u00a0even know\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">nobody<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW214458056 BCX0\">. That camaraderie that we built in there, we still have it out here.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW69946898 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69946898 BCX0\">BEALS:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW69946898 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW69946898 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69946898 BCX0\">I\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW69946898 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW69946898 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW69946898 BCX0\">think,<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TrackChangeTextInsertion TrackedChange SCXW69946898 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW69946898 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69946898 BCX0\">\u00a0I just want to say thank you.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW69946898 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69946898 BCX0\">It&#8217;s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW69946898 BCX0\">\u00a0reciprocal. The brotherhood \u2014 I get as much as I give.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NARRATION: Morgan Norris<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BEALS: Most of the time<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">NARRATION:<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u2014<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Medill Reports.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">BEALS: And <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">that\u2019s<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0it, and\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I\u2019m<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0out<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Morgan Norris is a broadcast specialization graduate student at Medill. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Morgan Norris Medill Reports Henry Broomfield\u00a0spent 26 years\u00a0inside\u00a0Stateville\u00a0Correctional\u00a0Center, where,\u00a0according to the\u00a0John Howard Association,\u00a0inmates lived with hazardous water and falling ceilings.\u00a0Now free, he and others are\u00a0turning to art to rebuild their lives, even as\u00a0the state\u00a0invests\u00a0$900 million\u00a0in\u00a0new\u00a0prisons\u00a0the\u00a0community says it\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0want.\u00a0 TRANSCRIPT: HENRY BROOMFIELD: This a poem I wrote while I was in prison. 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