The United States puts more people in prison than any country. There are 1.8 million people in state and federal prisons around the country. As a portion of their total population, only El Salvador, Cuba, Rwanda and Turkmenistan imprison a larger percentage of their populations, according to the World Population Review.
So what happens when inmates are released from prison? And how do we stop them from going back?
A new documentary titled “Turning Point” spotlights how Turn90, a South Carolina-based nonprofit, is on the cutting edge of providing services for formerly incarcerated South Carolinians…