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<h1>YES! On Air: 30,000 Copies and Counting - This Newspaper Helps Inmates Prepare for Life on the Outside</h1>
<span><span>In September 2017,&nbsp;<span>Tracy Brumfield</span> launched RISE, a resource guide catered toward helping current and former inmates navigate the barriers to housing and employment they face when they are released.&nbsp;</span></span>YES! Media’s Bailey Williams interviews solutions journalism intern Shaima Shamdeen,&nbsp;<a href="/people-power/this-newsletter-is-helping-inmates-prepare-for-reintegration-20180419" target="_self" title="" rel="noopener noreferrer">who wrote about Brumfield’s story</a> and the impact of RISE:&nbsp;

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