Second Chances | The NOVA Program

Around 700,000 people return from state and correctional facilities annually, out of which, 10% are homeless before doing their time and after.

Ex-Felons face multiple obstacles not only in finding housing, but reintegrating into society as well. This is why recidivism rates in the Bay Area is approximately at 75%. This means out of the 13,544 of people who left prison (2015) – 10,158 reoffended.

This is a mini-documentary film produced by Aakarsh Bhatnagar as part of the Spring 2019 Media Studies Honors Production Seminar class.