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After spending 26 years locked up in jail for fatally stabbing a man, Randall Lee Church finds himself back in after he burns down a house. He was 18 years old when he was first incarcerated in the year 1983; before Facebook and before smartphones. When he was released at age 46 he was unable to adjust to the world he knew in 1983. The frustration boiled to a point when he commits arson in retaliation. Church is a prime example of the prison re-entry our nation, prisoners unable to cope and wanting a way out end up back in prison. Executive Director of Prisoner of John Jay College of Criminal Justice Ann Jacobs further explains the recidivism dilemma.

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