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"textContent": "<p>What good is education for people in prison? Find out by listening from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday to “Prisoncast!” on WBEZ-91.5 FM or online at <a class=\"Link\" href=\"http://wbez.org\" target=\"_blank\" ><i><u>wbez.org</u></i></a><i>.</i></p><p>It’s a radio show made with and for people in prisons and jails in Illinois and their loved ones.</p><p>You’ll hear how some incarcerated students say education has been transformative for them — and also why school behind bars is so hard to come by.</p><div class=\"RelatedList Enhancement\" data-module data-align-center> <div class=\"RelatedList-title\">Related</div> <ul class=\"RelatedList-items\"> <li class=\"RelatedList-items-item\"> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://www.wbez.org/2024/12/16/aboutprisoncast\" target=\"_blank\" >Prisoncast! FAQ and how you can get involved</a> </li> </ul> </div> <p></p><div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center><div class=\"Enhancement-item\"> <div class=\"ExternalContent-wrapper\" data-embed> <iframe width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/FlMYxHHAWjk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen title=\"WBEZ's Prisoncast! and Chicago's Mud Theatre Project present \"The Story of Violence\"\"></iframe> </div> </div></div><p></p>",
"title": "Listen Sunday to WBEZ’s latest ‘Prisoncast!’",
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