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Dec 2023
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Bonus Episode | Restoring the Way

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Gilbert and Kelsey check in with Leo Schofield, who has spent the last 7 months at the Corrections Transition Program at Everglades Correctional Institution, where he’s been preparing for life on the outside after more than 35 years of incarceration. 

Bone Valley is a production of Lava for Good™ Podcasts in association with Signal Co. No1. 

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