. >> reporter: coral nichols was 23 years old wn she went to prison for financial fraud. what was it like in ison? >> a lot of harassment, a loof male guards being in places they shouldn't be. >> reporter: after serving a four and half year sentence, she was released into a world she barely recognized. >> how are they going to see me? will i ever live past this? will i ever be able just to be a person again? >> reporter: today, coral, now 41, runs a non-profit organization that helps other w people grapplih the challenges of life after prison. and while criminal justice advocates like to call them" returning citizens," not all their rights as citizens are returned to them. >> i am a free individual inside tand out, but i am not fr cast a vote.am ontinually reminded by a society that i am a felon >> reporter: florida used to be one of the only states to ban former felons from voting for life. but in the 2018 midterms, two- thirds of florida voters decided to automatically restore the voting rights to former felons who had completed their ntences. it excluded those convicte