Prison Hospice
Clip: 2/24/2015 | 10m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
We talk with an Oscar-nominated filmmaker about the prison hospice system in Illinois.
Local filmmaker Edgar Barens was honored with an Academy Award nomination for the documentary, Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall. Though the film buzz has ended, Barens is on a mission to bring more inmate-operated hospice care to prisons all over the country. We talk with him about his efforts and the prison hospice system in Illinois.
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Prison Hospice
Clip: 2/24/2015 | 10m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
Local filmmaker Edgar Barens was honored with an Academy Award nomination for the documentary, Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall. Though the film buzz has ended, Barens is on a mission to bring more inmate-operated hospice care to prisons all over the country. We talk with him about his efforts and the prison hospice system in Illinois.
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