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Digital Life after Life

We hear from ex-prisoners in the US struggling to cope with the online world after years of being denied any access to the internet

Social media has become an integral part of modern life for most of us - but what if you’d been in jail for the last 30 years? Many recently released so-called juvenile lifers in the US now find themselves grappling with the mysteries of Facebook and Whatsapp. They never expected to get out of prison, so authorities and family members have had to ease them into the online world – with mixed results.

Presenter: Mike Wendling
Reporter: Elizabeth Davies
Producer: Will Yates
Studio Manager: Neil Churchill

Photo credit: Getty Images

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