‘The system is rigged’: Canton organizer provides housing, resources for the formerly incarcerated

Ideastream Public Media (10/7/25) This story is part of Ideastream Public Media’s “Sound of Us” series covering housing and advocacy in Canton, produced in partnership with Canton for All People. Learn more at ideastream.org/soundofus. Hundreds of people are about to gather in a large wood-paneled ballroom in a Cleveland suburb on a sunny Saturday morning. They’re arriving from across the state to learn about the legal obstacles that keep formerly incarcerated people from succeeding when re-entering society. Shauntae Metcalf of Canton is one of the speakers. She was formerly incarcerated herself for a kidnapping and abduction charge back in 2015. When she…