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New program helps families communicate with loved ones in prison

Family Participation Program helps families contact loved ones behind bars.
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Family Participation Program helps families contact loved ones behind bars.

Family Participation Program helps families contact loved ones behind bars.
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Family Participation Program helps families contact loved ones behind bars.

There's a new effort underway to help the families of Michigan inmates cope with having someone they love in prison. 

It's a pilot program that centers on having someone serve as a liaison between prisoner's families and officials at three Michigan prisons. That someone brings hard-earned insight to what it's like to have a loved one behind bars. 

Lois DeMott's son was a prisoner, so she learned firsthand how difficult it can be to navigate the prison system. 

Now, she hopes to help other families with the new Family Participation Program. She joined us on Stateside. 

*Listen to the full interview above.

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