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When 'Prison Nana' Came Home

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By Ellen Eldridge 
| Narratively
Illustration by Meera Lee Patel | Story edited by Brendan Spiegel I thought my mother-in-law, Gail, would die in prison, denying my kids any real time with their paternal grandmother, and leaving me to have hard conversations with my husband, Russell, about things like the cost of flying a body to Georgia from Florida. Sent away in 2008 at age 65, she’d been sentenced to 20 years and 11 months at a minimum-security federal prison — I figured it may as well have been life.
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Sun danger: Georgia melanoma rates are among the highest in the nation

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By Ellen Eldridge 
| Georgia Public Broadcasting
Listen Listening... 00:00 / 00:00 LISTEN: Every year close to 3,000 Georgians are diagnosed with melanoma, making it one of the top states for skin cancer compared to the rest of the country. GPB’s Ellen Eldridge has more on how to protect yourself. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Every year close to 3,000 Georgians are diagnosed with melanoma, making it one of the top states for skin cancer compared to the rest of the country, according to the National Cancer Institute.
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Georgia’s the latest state to allow therapists to practice in multiple states with one license

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By Ellen Eldridge 
| nowgeorgia.com
An interstate Counseling Compact agreement now allows therapists to to practice in multiple states with the same license. (photo submitted) (GPB News) – Clinical director for Someone Cares Atlanta Asha Dickerson practices as a licensed professional counselor in Alabama and Georgia. Until now, she had to pay each state for the same license. “A lot of my clientele, who are teenagers and young adults, they tend to go across the state lines for college,” she said.
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