Jun 12, 2019

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Why The First Step Act Is Worthless Without Employment Opportunities

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The First Step Act

The latest federal prison reform initiative the First Step Act (aka Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Every Person Act), has few good attributes like most prisoner reentry programs.

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I live to make White Supremacy unhappy. Racism isn’t nice, so don’t expect nice here. Buy Merch | www.marleyk.net/merch | Follow me on Twitter | @MarleyK20 |

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