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| Jail Is for the Birds. No One Belongs There. |
| By nytimes.com - SANDRA E. GARCIA |
| Published: 02/02/2017 |
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Adalid DeJesus does not remember a lot about his childhood, but he knows this much: It was not a happy time for his family. “It was rough. It was bad,” he said. Mr. DeJesus arrived in New York with his parents when he was 2, leaving the mountainous town of Utuado in Puerto Rico for a neighborhood in Brooklyn. They came in search of a better life, but all he remembers are disagreements between his parents and the presence of drugs. As he grew up, Mr. DeJesus saw drug runners from his apartment window and drug users in his building’s hallways, a temptation right outside his door. He got involved by making deliveries for dealers. “You could make $200 or $300 easy,” he said. Then he went from being a person in the supply chain to a user. “I was my best customer,” Mr. DeJesus said. When he was 30, he was arrested on drug charges, and he awaited trial for a year at the Rikers Island jail. He thought he would receive probation and not face serious time in prison, but he was wrong. Read More. |
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