WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories is a series of audio features from Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio and the University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative. The series profiles Coloradans who found their way into prison and then navigated their way back out, and it offers a look at some of the reentry service organizations that supported those people on their journey. 

Each episode is 30-40 minutes long, and each examines the complex pathways of reentry and parole in our state.

WORTHY is rooted in the stories of people who've succeeded against the odds. You'll hear about hitchhiking cross-country at the age of 13... losing a grandparent and falling into addiction... a surprise commutation from the governor that abruptly ended a life sentence... experiencing the anxieties of grocery shopping after leaving prison... a pivotal, impromptu speech on the state Capitol steps... and much more.

WORTHY includes:

Worthy Story 1: Systems of Support, highlighting Remerg, CCJRC, Denver County's RISE Program, and Thrive Colorado. 

Worthy Story 2: Reentry & Realness, highlighting The Realness Project, Breakthrough, and Work Options.

Worthy Story 3: Minding the Gaps, highlighting the CDOC Division of Adult Parole Transitional Services Unit / RESTORE Program, the Department of Public Safety's Division of Community Corrections, and Hazelbrook Sober Living Community.

Worthy Story 4: Never Going Back, highlighting the Second Chance Center.

This series is supported in part by the Solutions Journalism Network 2022 LEDE Fellowship. It's produced by Ryan Conarro, JoyBelle Phelan, and Seth Ready. Additional production is by Lucy Richardson. Denver Women's Correctional Facility Inside Wire producers co-host Story 4: Cynthia Gonzalez, Tiffany McCoy, and Amber Pierce. Music for Worthy is by Tyler Nelson at Limon Correctional Facility. The voices of the Worthy theme are Jamilyah Nelson and, at Limon Correctional Facility, Stefano Illescas-Romo and Christopher Lovely. Mastering engineering is by Jonathan Howard.

WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories first aired December 2022-January 2023.

WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories

WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories is a series of audio features profiling Coloradans who found their way into prison and then navigated their way back out, and offering a look at some of the reentry service organizations that supported those people on their journey. 

Each episode is 30-40 minutes long, and each examines the complex pathways of reentry and parole in our state.

WORTHY is rooted in the stories of people who've succeeded against the odds. You'll hear about hitchhiking cross-country at the age of 13... losing a grandparent and falling into addiction... a surprise commutation from the governor that abruptly ended a life sentence... experiencing the anxieties of grocery shopping after leaving prison... a pivotal, impromptu speech on the state Capitol steps... and much more.

Worthy Story 1: "Systems of Support" highlights Remerg, CCJRC, Denver County's RISE Program, and Thrive Colorado.

This series is supported in part by the Solutions Journalism Network 2022 LEDE Fellowship. It's produced by Ryan Conarro, JoyBelle Phelan, and Seth Ready. Additional production is by Lucy Richardson. Denver Women's Correctional Facility Inside Wire producers co-host Story 4: Cynthia Gonzalez, Tiffany McCoy, and Amber Pierce. Music for Worthy is by Tyler Nelson at Limon Correctional Facility. The voices of the Worthy theme are Jamilyah Nelson and, at Limon Correctional Facility, Stefano Illescas-Romo and Christopher Lovely. Mastering engineering is by Jonathan Howard.

Systems of Support, WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories 1

WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories is a series of audio features profiling Coloradans who found their way into prison and then navigated their way back out, and offering a look at some of the reentry service organizations that supported those people on their journey. 

Each episode is 30-40 minutes long, and each examines the complex pathways of reentry and parole in our state.

WORTHY is rooted in the stories of people who've succeeded against the odds. You'll hear about hitchhiking cross-country at the age of 13... losing a grandparent and falling into addiction... a surprise commutation from the governor that abruptly ended a life sentence... experiencing the anxieties of grocery shopping after leaving prison... a pivotal, impromptu speech on the state Capitol steps... and much more.

Worthy Story 2: "Reentry & Realness" highlights The Realness Project, Breakthrough, and Work Options.

This series is supported in part by the Solutions Journalism Network 2022 LEDE Fellowship. It's produced by Ryan Conarro, JoyBelle Phelan, and Seth Ready. Additional production is by Lucy Richardson. Denver Women's Correctional Facility Inside Wire producers co-host Story 4: Cynthia Gonzalez, Tiffany McCoy, and Amber Pierce. Music for Worthy is by Tyler Nelson at Limon Correctional Facility. The voices of the Worthy theme are Jamilyah Nelson and, at Limon Correctional Facility, Stefano Illescas-Romo and Christopher Lovely. Mastering engineering is by Jonathan Howard.

Reentry and Realness, WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories 2

WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories is a series of audio features profiling Coloradans who found their way into prison and then navigated their way back out, and offering a look at some of the reentry service organizations that supported those people on their journey.

Each episode is 30-40 minutes long, and each examines the complex pathways of reentry and parole in our state.

WORTHY is rooted in the stories of people who've succeeded against the odds. You'll hear about hitchhiking cross-country at the age of 13... losing a grandparent and falling into addiction... a surprise commutation from the governor that abruptly ended a life sentence... experiencing the anxieties of grocery shopping after leaving prison... a pivotal, impromptu speech on the state Capitol steps... and much more.

Worthy Story 3: "Minding the Gaps" highlights the Colorado Department of Corrections Division of Adult Parole Transitional Services Unit, the Department of Public Safety's Division of Community Corrections, and Hazelbrook Recovery Community.

This series is supported in part by the Solutions Journalism Network 2022 LEDE Fellowship. It's produced by Ryan Conarro, JoyBelle Phelan, and Seth Ready. Additional production is by Lucy Richardson. Denver Women's Correctional Facility Inside Wire producers co-host Story 4: Cynthia Gonzalez, Tiffany McCoy, and Amber Pierce. Music for Worthy is by Tyler Nelson at Limon Correctional Facility. The voices of the Worthy theme are Jamilyah Nelson and, at Limon Correctional Facility, Stefano Illescas-Romo and Christopher Lovely. Mastering engineering is by Jonathan Howard.

Minding the Gaps, WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories 3

WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories is a series of audio features profiling Coloradans who found their way into prison and then navigated their way back out, and offering a look at some of the reentry service organizations that supported those people on their journey.

Each episode is 30-40 minutes long, and each examines the complex pathways of reentry and parole in our state.

WORTHY is rooted in the stories of people who've succeeded against the odds. You'll hear about hitchhiking cross-country at the age of 13... losing a grandparent and falling into addiction... a surprise commutation from the governor that abruptly ended a life sentence... experiencing the anxieties of grocery shopping after leaving prison... a pivotal, impromptu speech on the state Capitol steps... and much more.

Worthy Story 4: "Never Going back" highlights the Second Chance Center.

This series is supported in part by the Solutions Journalism Network 2022 LEDE Fellowship. It's produced by Ryan Conarro, JoyBelle Phelan, and Seth Ready. Additional production is by Lucy Richardson. Denver Women's Correctional Facility Inside Wire producers co-host Story 4: Cynthia Gonzalez, Tiffany McCoy, and Amber Pierce. Music for Worthy is by Tyler Nelson at Limon Correctional Facility. The voices of the Worthy theme are Jamilyah Nelson and, at Limon Correctional Facility, Stefano Illescas-Romo and Christopher Lovely. Mastering engineering is by Jonathan Howard.

Never Going Back, WORTHY: Colorado Reentry Stories 4

This spot is created by Tyler Nelson, Stefano IllescasRomo, and Christopher Lovely.

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Inside Wire: Colorado Prison Radio operated 2021-23 embedded in Colorado state prisons. We beamed music, stories, information, and entertainment into prisons across Colorado… and we broadcast our sounds to listeners outside facilities as well, across the U.S. and beyond. Our programs were created by incarcerated media producers for incarcerated listeners. Inside Wire was the first radio station in the world to broadcast 24/7 from inside prisons to the public. Inside Wire was a program of the University of Denver Prison Arts Initiative, in collaboration with the Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC). In 2023, the CDOC ended their partnership with the University of Denver, which paused our work. Inside Wire has relaunched as COLORADO RADIO FOR JUSTICE. Learn more at www.radioforjustice.org