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The long, slow push to prison sentencing reform
By msnbc.com- Aliyah Frumin
Published: 04/28/2014

When Stephanie Nodd was released from prison on a warm Florida day back in November 2011, she confronted a world that was radically different than the one she left when she was put behind bars. After all, it had been 21 years.

Her mother had passed away. Her five children were now adults. She had grandchildren. Her once-rundown neighborhood in Mobile, Alabama now had nice restaurants, apartment buildings and businesses lining the streets. A black man was president.

It was difficult for Nodd to adjust, let alone find a job. The fact that she had a criminal record for her involvement in a crack cocaine conspiracy surely didn’t help.

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