New Jersey Released More than 2,000 Prisoners Yesterday. Now What?

WNYC News | Nov 4, 2020

In what is being described as the largest single-day release of state prisoners in American history, New Jersey released more than 2,000 people from prison on Wednesday. But one question looms: What now? The newly freed prisoners found themselves at transit stations throughout the state, hauling mesh bags with their possessions, but some had little idea of where to go next or how they'd get there. 

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