First day out: Reconnecting & ordering the perfect eggs at Denny’s

This is the first of a five-part series looking at prison re-entry. Want more? Alaska Public Media is hosting a live community forum on Thursday, Dec. 3, at 7:00 p.m. to dig deeper into life after prison.
Every month about 1,000 people are released from prison in Alaska. In November, April Wilson was one of them.
It’s 6:45 a.m. and 43-year-old April Wilson waits inside the entrance of Hiland Mountain Correctional Center in Eagle River. It’s her first day out after two and a half year