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Ohio Community Corrections Program Hires Former Prisoners to Work at Supermax
Loaded on June 6, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2014, page 51
Ohio Community Corrections Program Hires Former Prisoners to Work at Supermax
The closure of a minimum-security facility in Ohio created temporary jobs for prisoners who are being released, through a pilot program to help integrate them into society while saving the state money. The catch? The former prisoners …
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