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Trending: Digital Life after Life

Digital Life after Life

05/01/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Trending, Digital Life after Life

Ex-prisoners in the US are struggling to cope with the online world after years in jail

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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