Life on Parole Documentary at Milford Library on January 23

On January 23 at 6:30pm (snow date January 30), Milford Library, 57 New Haven Ave., and Milford Speaks Out are pleased to co-host a screening of Life on Parole, a documentary produced by FRONTLINE and The New York Times, that goes inside the parole system in Connecticut to examine its ongoing effort to rethink parole: a condition that offers a taste of freedom but comes with strict prohibitions on whom you can live with, where you can go, what time you have to be home, and more.

“Most people who are in prison in America will one day be released on parole,” says Matthew O’Neill, the Oscar®-nominated and Emmy®-winning director of Life on Parole. “And as Connecticut brings its prison population down and attempts to give parolees more chances to succeed, we wanted to see if the experience of the parolees reflected these changes.”

With unique access inside Connecticut’s corrections system, as well as camera-phone footage filmed by the parolees themselves, the film follows four former prisoners as   they navigate the challenges of more than a year on parole — from finding work, to staying sober, to parenting — and doing it all while under intense supervision from the state. A discussion will follow the screening.