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collaborator Hayley Gene Penner) and video reenact Amaal’s lived experience—namely that of the bus ride she routinely took to visit her incarcerated loved one in jail. The commute, four hours each way, verged on unsustainable, until Amaal discovered the program FEAT, an Ontario-based transport service for children of incarcerated parents.
“I used to get a rental every weekend to visit [the prison],” Amaal tells us. “It was exhausting and expensive, but thankfully I [then] learned of [FEAT]. It was extremely affordable and comfortable—a safe haven for all [us kids]. These visits meant everything to person doing time; in fact, it’s been statistically proven that inmates who receive family visits are the least likely to reoffend, and to integrate back into society [once they’ve served their time].
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