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• ‟ The person who has been convicted has served their time. Why would we continue to punish and exclude them from housing and jobs? Those are the primary areas that allow people to get their lives back on track.

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• ‟ We keep a woman in prison for decade after decade at a cost of $60,000 a year, and then give them $200 when they hit the gates for release. And, adios. People have to get their IDs, Social Security cards. They have to get clothing, housing, apply for benefits and services, and it's impossible to do with 200 bucks.

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• ‟ There are so many bright people who just need an opportunity to help others and pay it forward.

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• ‟ We continue to work on policy to end discrimination against people with criminal records.

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• ‟ People are released from prison so unprepared. They give you $200. We call it gate money. And you have to pay for a bus ticket back to L.A. You get off the Greyhound bus, downtown Skid Row, and you're supposed to make a life from that.

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• ‟ We're willing to spend countless dollars putting people who need help in cages, and then when they get out we say you can't have a job, and you can't have housing, and because you don't have either, we're going to take your kids, too.

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• ‟ I got caught back up in the underworld because the upperworld really doesn't have a place for people with criminal histories.

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• ‟ We all make mistakes. Sometimes people slip, but that doesn't mean they're not worthy of the support.

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