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| New D.C. Office Helps Ex-Offenders Adjust After Jail |
| By nbcwashington.com -Tom Sherwood |
| Published: 08/07/2013 |
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Thousands of men and women leave jails and prisons every year then find themselves lost in the new world of social media -- a world that can be a key to jobs and training, but a new office in D.C. is focused on changing that. Mayor Vincent Gray held a ceremony opening a unique center on Martin Luther King Boulevard in mostly poor Ward 8 focusing on the many needs of ex-offenders re-entering society. Monique Ware, 34, spent five years and prison and then the past year fighting being another negative statistic: repeat offender. With help from the center, Ware has learned computer skills, earned a commercial driver’s license and learned apprentice-level electrician skills Read More. |
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