Have you served time in prison? If so, KQED would like to hear about your experience.

As part of Forum's In My Experience series, KQED wants to hear from the formerly incarcerated. What was prison like? What challenges do you face on the outside? Is it possible to move past serving time?

The In My Experience series is produced by Forum and the Public Insight Network and aims to shed light on experiences often analyzed through data or debated by experts, but rarely discussed in the first person.

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First Name *

Last Name

E-mail *

Phone *

City

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When and where did you serve time and for how long? For what offense(s) did you serve time?

What was your experience in prison like? What were the worst parts? What, if any, bright points were there?

How, if at all, has serving time affected your relationships with family and friends?

What challenges have you faced after prison? Have these gotten easier over time? Why or why not?

Is there anything else about your experience that you would like us to know? Please tell us below.

In what year were you born?

What do you do for work?

What political party, if any, do you identify with most closely?

What race or ethnicity are you?

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