I had the same fear and anxiety as other ex-cons.
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Many of the workers were poor, uneducated, some even ex-cons.
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How did it become a notorious hotspot for criminals and ex-cons?
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When they left, applications in hand, someone made a joke about ex-cons.
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No one else would take these jobs besides ex-cons at the halfway house.
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Their informal fellowship soon included junkies, ex-cons, welfare moms and other neighborhood folk.
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I'd heard all types of stories about ex-cons getting denied entry to foreign countries.
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Then I found Defy Ventures, a nonprofit that helps ex-cons start their own businesses.
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And those who work with prisoners (and ex-cons) tend to at least cautiously agree.
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Ex-cons, Hells Angels, mental patients and gang members hiding from the law worked there.
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He made it sound as if it were the best work available to ex-cons.
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Just 50 years ago, tattoos were incredibly rare — largely reserved for sailors, bikers, or ex-cons.
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Photo: GettyHave a plan to track and predict the behavior of ex-cons using artificial intelligence?
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I worked with mostly young people, and there were also a bunch of ex-cons working there.
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Cuomo's pardons, issued earlier this week, cover 24,086 ex-cons who are under parole supervision, including Bell.
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In New York, Saks Fifth Avenue is offering salt room therapies and workouts led by ex-cons.
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To make matters worse, ex-cons who have served their time are also often kept from voting.
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Technically, you're not supposed to talk to ex-cons, but I still have guys I talk to.
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But there's one brand of potato chips that some ex-cons actually miss when they get released.
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Through the scheme other charities offered the ex-cons advice on everything from personal finance to job-hunting.
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That's a big deal for a state that sees 43 percent of ex-cons go back to prison.
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Most ex-cons usually met this parole requirement by taking day-labor jobs, working as dishwashers or similar.
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The dairy cows are ex-cons of a sort, and look the part in their old-time prisoner colors.
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They find that the ex-cons were slightly more likely to be undisciplined but were also promoted unusually quickly.
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Democrat and Governor of Virginia Terry McAuliffe has restored the right to vote for more than 156,000 ex-cons.
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The package included more freedom for governors, league tables for jails and measures to improve ex-cons' job prospects.
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Others ex-cons have even been able to get jobs as growers in states where commercial weed is legal.
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A group of ex-cons in a therapy session introduce themselves, outlining the crimes that landed them in prison.
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They partner with local organizations that work to train ex-cons for jobs and provide other types of rehabilitation services.
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One way to ensure those ex-cons do not wind up back behind bars is to help them find work.
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According to the National Institute of Justice, over 60 percent of ex-cons are jobless up to a year after release.
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I started working the same week I was released at this telemarketing place that hired ex-cons at $7.25 an hour.
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Go deeper: Now hiring: Ex-cons, drug users, and indebted grads Millennial men are working less than they were pre-recession
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So there are lots of things in the dialogue of the movie that are inspired by real anecdotes of ex-cons.
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Right now it is exceptionally difficult for ex-cons to find housing, even though research shows that stable housing situations reduce recidivism.
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All the gang leaders, dope pushers, scandalous ex-cons and tough guys I'd known were long forgotten and out of the game.
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Sometimes these prickly and smooth charmers are ex-cons; on occasion they're soldiers ("The Dirty Dozen") or veterans (the original "Ocean's Eleven").
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The women leave prison as disadvantaged ex-cons, and are often unable to get on their feet, to no fault of their own.
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Ex-cons are attracting huge audiences and making big bucks sharing their harrowing experiences and offering life advice on YouTube as 'prison influencers.
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"My ideal clientele would be layabouts, prostitutes and ex-cons, but we'll probably attract models, writers and a few judges," Mr. McNally said.
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VICE chatted with three ex-cons to get more perspective on what re-entering the workforce was like once they got out of prison.
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And all the other ex-cons that worked there would sleep on a nearby hill or smoke K2 all day while I was working.
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Thanks to Berger's forecasts, Walters decided to cancel a house party she hosts every year for some members of Alcoholics Anonymous and ex-cons.
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Some cities and states also offer tax credits and other incentives to employers willing to hire ex-cons and give them a second chance.
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How that authority is exercised, and whether ex-cons can apply for restoration of their rights, is left up to the states to decide.
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But most ex-cons needed the job to get out of the halfway house, so they just kept working there until something better came along.
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As unemployed black men, marked as felons, in a state still tinkering with its responsibilities to its ex-cons, the odds are stacked against them.
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A mere three decades ago, cooking was the fallback career for high-school dropouts and ex-cons, hardly considered the stuff (pace Orwell) of literature.
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Perhaps there are more extremely patriotic ex-cons hackers out there, just waiting for their chance to serve America free of charge, than I can imagine.
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There was also the Rise Above Movement (RAM), an alt-right group composed largely of ex-cons, many with ties to Southern California's racist skinhead movement.
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Porter's job is to connect ex-cons with resources in the community, helping them find medical care, enroll in school, or scrape together enough money to survive.
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But even when ex-cons do manage to get hired, the work is underpaid, demoralizing, and their employers don't do much to encourage the re-entry process.
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I dreaded that job, but as I've talked with other ex-cons over the years about their first gigs on the outside, I now consider myself lucky.
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To learn more about how the plant has helped one-time prisoners adjust to life after incarceration, VICE talked to three ex-cons with medical marijuana cards.
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Based on the 2015 Hatton Garden heist, the movie follows a group of older ex-cons who plan to rob the vault of a London jewelry store.
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He wants other ex-cons to know that there's no easy way — even with help and support, it takes hard work to succeed after coming out of prison.
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But they can reflect a genuine investment in change (remember those burning rubber bands) and they may also help reduce the amount of discrimination reformed ex-cons face.
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It involves working with ex-cons, some of them were gang members, and they become transformative mentors to kids in the system or just coming out of it.
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For some perspective, those ex-cons who can't vote might easily have decided the 2000 presidential race given George W. Bush technically only won Florida by 537 ballots.
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But Prop 64 also created a path for nonviolent offenders—ex-cons, parolees, and current inmates—to petition state courts to modify or fully expunge their criminal records.
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As we reported, many cops also think those ex-cons are behind the string of burglaries at homes of celebs like Nicki Minaj, Alanis Morissette and many more.
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In Nevada, a percentage of the revenue goes to public schools and education-backed initiatives, while in Alaska, revenue goes toward fighting recidivism rates among the state's ex-cons.
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In Florida, 23 percent of the 1.5 million felons ineligible to vote are black—and roughly the same portion of all black eligibles can't actually vote because they're ex-cons.
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The newly released ex-cons will also face the challenges of reentering into society, including strict parole regulations, difficulties landing a job, and, of course, judgment from family and friends.
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DOG EAT DOG In Paul Schrader's latest, Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe star as ex-cons who screw up a kidnapping assignment and have to hide out from the mob.
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Michigan United is a coalition of unions, faith-based groups, and other progressive institutions that works on a variety of causes, including immigrant workers' rights and finding jobs for ex-cons.
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Ex-Cons Create 'Instagram for Prisons,' and Wardens Are Fine With That I love this Olivia Carville story about a trio of apps built by and for inmates, which let them more easily receive photos and messages from loved ones on the outside and help them maintain a connection to the outside world: Pigeonly is one of at least three apps—all launched by ex-cons—that are revolutionizing communications between prisoners and their loved ones.
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All this adds up to a system that affects ex-offenders for longer and more profoundly than those elsewhere in Europe, says Christopher Stacey of Unlock, a charity that helps ex-cons.
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The money was good, he said — up to $50,000 a year, for some — and the work had enabled many ex-cons and parolees to earn a decent living and support their families.
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In November, residents of the Sunshine State will vote on a constitutional amendment that would automatically grant more than a million ex-cons—excluding murderers and sex offenders—the right to vote.
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The crop of anti-establishment challengers Bannon is currently supporting looks like a list of crackpots and literal ex-cons likely to flame out in general elections if any even get that far.
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Nashville: Starring Kesha, Jelly Roll, Margo Price, Struggle Jennings, and the infamous Mikel Knight and his last-chance group of ex-cons explore the flipside of the city that gave us Taylor Swift.
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This is beyond cash for criminals, it's a simple solution to reduce the stigma of serving time and provide ex-cons with future work opportunities rather than having them return to the streets.
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The next year, Boggan saw the killings drop to 27 -- a 40% decline -- as he began his strategy of hiring reformed ex-cons and sending them into the most violent neighborhoods to keep the peace.
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And I also think the whole criminal justice reform movement — which is interesting because it's both on the left and the right — will probably start to restore voting rights more and more to ex-cons.
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During the incident, a group of ex-cons dressed as Santa Claus and ran away with $12,200 in cash and $150,000 in securities from a bank before being caught and arrested by police days later.
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Most countries have rules in place that state ex-cons need to obtain a special waiver in advance of arrival, but countries whose only requirement for admission is a passport usually do not screen for criminal records.
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Ex-cons face hurdles landing a job, frequently suffer from PTSD and other social and psychological disorders, and must come to terms with how the outside world has changed while they were locked up on the inside.
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It's not something a client must avail themselves of, but it could be valuable for both ex-cons (who struggle to find work, thus raising recidivism rates) and for employers (particularly in a red-hot labor market).
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The fact that over 75 percent of ex-cons are rearrested within five years of release should be no surprise when the only jobs offered to people with criminal records are the gigs no one else applies for.
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A subsequent study by Kaitlyn Harger, now of Florida Gulf Coast University, found that upon release, ex-cons with tattoos could be expected to last just 2.4 years outside prison before being re-incarcerated, compared with 5.8 years for those without.
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Bourdain made it his life's mission to disrupt those norms; to eat both the foie gras and the pig's ears, and to reveal the real Americans in the kitchen— including the immigrants, the ex-cons, the addicts and recovering addicts.
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I wanted to find out about the impact of being forced to share a tiny room with someone you'd prefer not to live with, so I got in touch with some ex-`cons and asked them to describe their worst cellmates.
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As the researchers detailed in their paper, at the compound they found: By observing and interviewing participants in these "love sessions," the researchers learned that many of the Disciples were ex-cons and drug addicts who were using LSD to facilitate their recovery.
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Once out, ex-cons join about 70m Americans with criminal records, a status which in several states will deny them public housing and the right to vote, and legally bar them from occupations which require a licence, such as hair-cutting or plumbing.
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A big part of the problem is ex-cons' inability to find work: prisoners with sentences of more than a year who find employment within 12 months of release are 5.6 percentage points less likely to re-offend than those who do not.
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Shortly after assuming office, Scott—along with Bondi, Putnam, and then-CFO Jeff Atwater—rewrote the rules for obtaining clemency, making Florida the hardest state in the country for ex-cons to regain their voting rights, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.
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Even if landlords only look at convictions, rejecting any applicant guilty of any crime — "no matter when the conviction occurred, what the underlying conduct entailed, or what the convicted person has done since then" – is no longer considered defensible, since not all ex-cons pose a risk to property or safety.
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I mean, it's not that bad if you don't care about seeing human trafficking victims walk around dressed as schoolgirls, drag queens waiting outside stinky motels, gringos (male and female) prostituting themselves for 20 dollars, bums, and tattooed ex-cons that look straight out of a movie with Edward James Olmos.
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Momentum is already building for measures to incentivize prison programs that reduce recidivism rates under the Trump administration, but new data shows wide support among voters for other reforms, including reducing mandatory minimum prison sentences and giving ex-cons a fair chance to be judged on their qualifications before being asked about their criminal history when applying for a job.
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The census counts: immigrant laborers in shadows fueling our economy; tribal members purged from voter rolls because of the wrong address on a driver's license; ex-cons who have paid their debt to society; high school students, whether marching for life or gun control, but frustrated that they turn 18 after election day; factory workers in the rust belt, coal miners in Appalachia, and farmers in the heartland, who can vote because they were counted and apportioned representation; and children who will one day inherit this country — in other words, we the people, are all counted.
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Thomas Uva and Rosemarie Uva (often misspelled Rosemary or Rose Marie) were married ex-cons from Ozone Park, Queens.
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The series follows three young ex-cons who, as a part of a new FBI program, are commissioned to track down criminals.
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"The ex-cons next door." KHOU-TV. Retrieved on January 29, 2009. As of 2011 the median yearly income is $33,196, a 15% decrease from 2000's number.
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The Govenator would go up against G.I.R.L.I.E. Men (Gangsters Imposters Racketeers Liars & Irredeemable Ex-cons), his recurring supervillains. A recurring character shown in the trailer is an investigative reporter, voiced by Larry King.
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In another part of the city, reporter Brandy Barber (Gina Philips) dubs Monk as "The Man Who Shot Santa Claus" in a broadcast, and he and Natalie start to get harassed everywhere they go. Meanwhile, Stottlemeyer and Disher interrogate Kenworthy about his conversations with his ex-cons, but Kenworthy soon kicks them out. That night, Alice Dubois (Dorothy Constantine), a MacMillan Museum employee, is killed by Kenworthy. The next day, Kenworthy plans with his crew of ex-cons to execute a burglary at the MacMillan Museum.
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Marc Thuet (born 1963) is a chef based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who most recently appeared in his second season of a docu-reality TV series called Conviction Kitchen in which he trains 12 ex-cons to run a restaurant in Toronto.
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Lovell reformed his life and mainly hires ex-cons at his firm. He is happy to give Tommy a job and a second chance. Tommy is restless and instead of following the call script, he often counsels people on how to defraud Lovell's company. When Tommy sees some mafiosos in his neighborhood, he grows enraged.
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Lozoff also founded an environmental non-profit, Carolina Biodiesel, for the dual purposes of promoting biodiesel and creating jobs for ex-cons. Carolina Biodiesel received a large bequest from Fred Rogers, who named Lozoff along with Mahatma Gandhi and Albert Schweitzer, as one of his personal heroes. Carolina Biodiesel is still operating in Durham.
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Brinkman > strongly supported concealed carry legislation. "We have a constitutional > right to bear arms. Larry Flynt has a right to put out smut and some people > may not like that, but it's a right whether we like it or not," he said . > Brinkman sponsored legislation to allow ex-cons the right to cut hair.
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In 1988, he appeared in the Richard Pryor film Moving as Gorgo, part of a trio of ex-cons who are insolent and careless movers. In 1996, he appeared on an episode of Weird Science as himself. He had also appeared on sitcom Boy Meets World. He is on the cover of Belgian band Belgian Asociality's 2009 album Kabaal.
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David Randolph Hurles (born September 12, 1944, Cincinnati) is a gay pornographer, whose one-man company, run from a private mailbox, was called Old Reliable Tape and Picture Company. His work, produced primarily in the 1970s and 1980s, falls into three categories: photographs, audio tapes, and videotapes. Hurles' models were typically ex-cons, hustlers, drifters, and lowlifes.
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By November 1924, Pierpont was living in Kokomo, Indiana staying at a boarding house run by Pearl Elliott. He continued to associate with a group of Jeffersonville ex-cons. In April, 1925 Pierpont was implicated as ringleader of a gang that struck several Indiana banks. Newspaper reports indicated there were seven members of the gang, and all identified Pierpont as their leader.
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In 2006, Robbins founded Whizmob Inc., a brain trust that offers law enforcement officials and ex-cons as subject matter experts on current fraud, theft, and scam trends. The name was most likely taken from David W. Maurer's 1955 book, Whiz Mob: A Correlation of the Technical Argot of Pick-Pockets, with Their Behavior Pattern (Gainesville, Fla.: American Dialect Society; updated 1964).
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Corrlinks is a privately owned company that operates the Trust Fund Limited Inmate Computer System (TRULINCS), the email system used by the United States Federal Bureau of Prisons to allow inmates to communicate with the outside world. CorrLinks is a subsidiary of Advanced Technologies Group.Carville, Olivia (February 6, 2019). "Ex-Cons Create 'Instagram for Prisons,' and Wardens Are Fine With That". Bloomberg.
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In the aftermath of the explosion, people, animals, and the landscape undergo surreal changes. A white reindeer named Ssagan communicates with Kit and Prance and leads them to an area with Tuvan throat singers. Prance is picked up by the Chums of Chance. Kit falls in with a band of Siberian ex-cons and encounters Fleetwood Vibe, who is searching for lost cities.
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In session with Dr. Kroger, Monk remembers details of the shooting. Monk and Natalie return to the roof where the shooting took place. Monk remembers that there was a walkie-talkie in Kenworthy's bag. He explains that Kenworthy contacted his ex-cons to carry out a heist of the museum, with Kenworthy acting as the diversion, dropping toys to stop traffic.
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Claire then tells her that Hot Flash will be ready for launch, as she has outsourced former ex-cons to help finance the magazine. Back at Daniel's apartment, he tells Renee about Marc, and apologizes for letting Wilhelmina get to him earlier. Renee is sorry, too, and says that she hasn't told Daniel everything. He says she can trust him, so she tells him about Stony Brook.
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Eric Jerome Dickey (born July 7, 1961) is a New York Times best-selling American author best known for his novels about contemporary African-American life. He is also known for writing several crime novels involving grifters, ex cons, and assassins, the latter novels having more diverse settings, moving from Los Angeles to the United Kingdom to the West Indies, each having an international cast of characters.
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Northern was associated with a group of Jeffersonville ex-cons, led by Harry Pierpont, who were staying at a Kokomo, Indiana boarding house run by Pearl Elliott. Pierpont was implicated as the ringleader of the gang who struck several Indiana banks. Newspaper reports indicated there were seven members in all, and all identified Pierpont as their leader.Robbery Suspects Arrested article, Wabash Plain-Dealer, Wabash, Indiana, April 2, 1925, p. 1.
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Wade suggests hiring a bodyguard. They place an ad on the Internet, and after a series of disturbing interviews with ex-cons and hired guns, they end up selecting Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson). Drillbit pretends to be a martial arts expert and mercenary, but is really a homeless beggar. His real intention of becoming their bodyguard was to rob them and use the money to buy a ticket to Canada.
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Christopher Wells is a District Attorney, in fictional St. Lawrence, Kansas. One evening, his wife, Angela, and daughter Katie, are among several people shot to death in a robbery by two ex-cons. Wells, previously opposed to handguns, then pushes for mass arming of his town's citizens for self defense, while his best friend, police officer Mike Trainor, and Angela's friend Alicia remain opposed. Nonetheless, Wells' proposal passes and the movie explores Bloom's visions of an armed public.
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The image that helped launch one of the biggest manhunts in Texas history.The Santa Claus Bank Robbery occurred on December 23, 1927, in the Central Texas town of Cisco. Marshall Ratliff, dressed as Santa Claus, along with Henry Helms and Robert Hill, all ex-cons, and Louis Davis, a relative of Helms, held up the First National Bank in Cisco. The robbery is one of Texas' most infamous crimes, having invoked the largest manhunt ever seen in the state.
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Paul always knew this would happen and planned it. When Lynette tells him that it is all his fault, Paul asks her "What makes them better than a bunch of ex-cons?" Paul walks around the Lane at night, celebrating his triumph, and is shot by an unknown assailant. Questioned by detectives in the hospital, Paul is stunned to learn that Beth is Felicia's daughter but hides it, insisting he and Felicia are on good terms.
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Foss, Harley's landlady, who often rents to ex-cons. He talks to the other tenants in the building: the poor Miss Petrie, bookkeeper Mr. Johnson, salesman Mr. Danvers, and showgirl Emily Evans, whose work costume was found in the warehouse near the crime scene. Curiously enough, both Danvers and Evans had been in other cities at the time of bank robberies there. On the way to the prison to see Harley, Chan, his son Tommy, and the chauffeur Birmingham are shot at.
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The group had been living in the house with the Willetts while committing various robberies. Shortly after killing Willett, Monfort had used Willett's identification papers to pose as Willett after being arrested for an armed robbery of a liquor store. News reports suggested that James Willett was not involved in the robberies"Ex-cons, Manson Girls Charged" , The Billings Gazette, November 15, 1972. and wanted to move away, but was killed out of fear that he would talk to police.
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His assistant, Beth Williamson, pulls files on the two men and that a man she has had anonymous casual sex with is Keough. After obtaining a search warrant with underhanded techniques, a SWAT team raids the house of the ex-cons who are to be Perry's fall guys. One of the men escapes and goes into a back alley, but is caught by Perry and Keough. Under Perry's orders, Keough reluctantly kills the innocent man and is left visibly shaken.
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The show, which will star Annette Crosbie and Alex Kingston,"Alex Kingston & Annette Crosbie To Star in BBC One's New Scottish Drama", Official Shed Productions site. is about four female ex-cons who find themselves in hiding in a remote Scottish village called Hope Springs after their plans to start a new life in Barbados go awry. Filming has begun in summer 2008 in the Lowland village of Wanlockhead. The series began airing on BBC One on Sunday 7 June 2009.
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When Rupert arrives at the hospital, he learns that James needs a liver transplant. Determined to save him, Rupert decides to execute the heist himself to get the money he needs. After Rupert quits his job, he assembles a crew of ex cons, including Dexter who had to break out of prison, his best friend John & his ex-girlfriend Lisa Turtle. On the night of the heist, Rupert & his gang enter the nightclub for a climax showdown that spins out of control.
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Every character in the play has been disenfranchised or bullied into submission in some respect: Pandora and Mamma are young prostitutes in abusive relationships; Curt and Rich are an unemployed ex-cons. Masculinity becomes a defining trait in the way the male characters see themselves. They assert power is by dominating those weaker than they, either emotionally or physically. Curt beats Pandora, which Art supposedly can't stand, but when he sells out Curt and Rich and tells Pandora she's coming with him, he in turn slaps her.
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Flashmob was remanded to Ryker's Island. Nightshade's solicitor Big Ben Donovan was able to secure Spear's release.Shadowland: Power Man #2 During the Spider-Island storyline, Spear was with Flashmob when they tried to leave a spider-infested Manhattan only to be defeated by Heroes for Hire.Spider-Island: Heroes for Hire #1 After his brother Mangler is attacked by a gang of "preemptive" vigilantes, Spear and the relatives of other ex-cons who had been assaulted resort to asking the Heroes for Hire for help.
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The inspiration behind the Yellow Ribbon Project was taken from the 70s song, "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree", sung by Tony Orlando and Dawn, which is in turn based on the true story published in a 1971 article in The New York Post. Almost nine in 10 Singaporeans are able to identify the aims of the initiative according to a survey Khushwant Singh, 11 September 2008. "More bosses offer jobs to ex-cons". The Straits Times, Retrieved on 19 October 2013 conducted by the Yellow Ribbon Project organisers.
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Mission-oriented killers typically justify their acts as "ridding the world" of certain types of people perceived as undesirable, such as the homeless, ex-cons, homosexuals, drug users, prostitutes, or people of different ethnicity or religion; however, they are generally not psychotic. Some see themselves as attempting to change society, often to cure a societal ill. An example of a mission-oriented killer would be Joseph Paul Franklin, an American white supremacist who exclusively targeted Jewish, biracial, and African-American individuals for the purpose of inciting a "race war".
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A couple of ex- cons, Harry (Danny Aiello) and Roy (Joe Pantoliano), break into a home expecting to find $250,000 in a safe, but come away empty-handed. They do, however, take 8-year-old Gary (Alex Zuckerman) with them, hoping that the boy's father will pay a ransom. Harry forms a bond with Gary, who has multiple allergies, is home-schooled and has rarely been out in the world. Roy resents the kid-glove treatment of the boy and becomes at odds with his partner over what to do with him.
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In Detroit in 1978, stoic socialite Mickey Dawson becomes the target of an ill-planned kidnapping plot by a pair of fumbling ex-cons, Ordell Robbie and Louis Gara, looking for a get-rich-quick scheme. However, things become complicated for the duo when her wealthy husband, Frank, refuses to pay the ransom, as he is on the cusp of filing for divorce to make way for his mistress, Melanie Ralston. The two kidnappers have to figure out how to quickly turn the tables before their time runs out.
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He also took on several godchildren, including actress Winona Ryder (the daughter of his archivist Michael Horowitz) and MIT Media Lab director Joi Ito. The Godparent: Conversation with Winona Ryder 'Joi was an integral part of my formative years...he was my dad's Godson....' - Zachary Leary. Leary developed an improbable partnership with former foe G. Gordon Liddy, the Watergate burglar and conservative radio talk-show host. They toured the lecture circuit in 1982 as ex-cons debating a range of issues, including gay rights, abortion, welfare, and the environment.
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Convex had an unusually thorough interview process, which, for technical positions, included a grilling by a group of engineers. The extensive interview process carried over to other departments as well, where the key people who would be working with the prospective employee each interviewed the candidate, then met in roundtable to discuss whether or not to hire. Convex lasted longer than most minisupercomputer companies, and to celebrate this and more so to remind themselves of the difficulties of the market, Convex had a graveyard of former competitor companies on its property. Ex-employees of Convex jokingly refer to themselves as ex-cons.
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Jim Rockford maintains a close relationship with his father Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, and his closest friend is LAPD Sgt. (later Lt.) Dennis Becker (who also serves as his LAPD contact). He remains in contact with a number of ex-cons whom he met in San Quentin, most prominently Evelyn "Angel" Martin (Stuart Margolin), who provides comic relief in many episodes; a running gag is that Angel's hare-brained schemes and con jobs invariably land Jim in some kind of trouble, often without his knowledge. Jim enjoys fishing, and would rather spend time doing that than working.
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Zack repeatedly asks them to play as a team, and not as a group of individuals, but with no success. They continue suffering lopsided defeats from both the Breds and a team of ex-cons, led by pro player Luther Hakim. Meanwhile, Truth's cocaine problems are deteriorating, and he is unable to cope with the pressure surrounding pro-life. He runs off from a meeting with media members, then later shows up high on drugs at Byron's house, forcing Zack to lead him to Matthew, whom he wants to challenge to play one-on-one, but Matthew outclasses him.
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Soon after wrapping production on the then Fox Family series, Williams soon stepped into the role of Shane Phillips, one of three women known as She Spies, also starring Kristen Miller and Natasha Henstridge. The show featured three beautiful ex-cons working for the government with the tag line "Bad Girls Gone Good". It conjured high expectations for NBC, with an experimental filming approach featuring musical vignettes, breaking the fourth wall, all while parodying the entire spy-adventure TV show genre. The project was already purchased for syndication but lasted only two seasons due to sliding ratings.
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He also is the one responsible for employing Masane to fight-off malfunctioning "Ex-cons", highly technological weapons developed by his own employers. Takayama is a stoic and very stern man who shows little to no expressions at all. He is usually accompanied by his assistant, Hiroki Segawa. Takayama seems to have a past relationship with Reina Soho, possibly a sexual one, as it is briefly discussed between himself and Masane that there is a possibility he may be Rihoko's biological father, a point which he says is possible, which he later affirmed completely in Episode 19.
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Boyd Crowder (played by Walton Goggins) is a highly intelligent and charismatic career criminal who frequently comes into conflict with Raylan. Boyd and Raylan share a coal mining past which serves to connect the two more than they might admit, even as Boyds criminal operations continue to draw him into trouble with Raylan and the Marshals. In Season 1 he is introduced as the leader of the Neo-Nazi group Crowders Commandos. After Raylan shoots him in the chest he claims to have found Jesus and when released from prison starts his own church for fellow ex-cons to restart life and fight to keep Harlan clean of drugs and crime.
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The novel, set in and around Palm Springs, California, savages a wealthy "occasional home" mentality characterized by golf, excessive drinking and drug use, and discriminatory country clubs. Wambaugh draws contrasts by depicting the fictional Mineral Springs, a small wind-swept desert town populated not just by blue-collar tourist industry workers, but "ex-cons, bikers, crank dealers, Palm Springs burglars, nudists, robbers and pimps, horny kite pilots, dopers and drunks." The Secrets of Harry Bright first appeared on the New York Times best seller list on October 6, 1985, ranked 15th, and rose as high as 5th. It spent a total of 17 weeks on the list.
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Nuyorican Poets Cafe In 1972, when Piñero was 25 years old, he was incarcerated in Sing Sing prison for second-degree armed robbery. His first literary work was Black Woman with a Blonde Wig On. Marvin Felix Camillo, the director of The Family, an acting troupe made up of ex-cons, submitted the poem to a contest, which it won. The warden of Sing Sing then became concerned that "contraband" was being taken from the prison and nearly put Camillo in jail after seeing an article in the newspaper. While serving time in prison, he wrote the play Short Eyes as part of the inmates' playwriting workshop.
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He feels that Steve Lacey (Gene Nelson) is a good candidate the killers may contact, though he has been out of prison for two years and is trying hard to maintain his new life. Steve regularly receives phone calls from ex-cons who pass through town, each trying to "put the bite" on him. When Sims' man phones Steve, he does not answer; he has already got an anonymous call from someone both he and his wife, Ellen (Phyllis Kirk) assume is yet another former prisoner, and she persuades him to not pick up. This sparks Sims to suspect Steve of being involved in the crime.
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Rothenberg, page 64 Rothenberg began arranging for ex-cons coming to the Fortune Society to attend Broadway plays, and conscripted his close friend and colleague Alvin Ailey to join the organization and provide tickets for the formerly incarcerated whom the society was trying to help. Kenny Jackson joked that when somebody gets out of prison in New York, "you get $40, a baloney sandwich, and two tickets to Alvin Ailey".Rothenberg, pages 65–66 Around this time, the Attica Prison riot broke out, and Rothenberg was included on the prisoners' shortlist for civilian observers. This prompted Arthur Eve's office to call on him and recruit him for that role.
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William Wilson and his staff, May 1861 The 6th New York Infantry Regiment, also called "Wilson's Zouaves", was a unit of the Union Army during the American Civil War. It was organized at New York City on May 25, 1861.6th Regiment Infantry (Wilson's Zouaves) The Regiment was composed of 5 initial companies of A, B, C, and D. Companies E, F, G, H, I, and K were added May 25, 1861. It was made up primarily of gang members, ex-cons, and criminals from the Bowery section of New York City. Rumor had it that a man had to prove he'd served time in jail before he was allowed to join.
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About a year later, Harrison is old enough to walk, and Dexter has begun searching for a preschool, though his atheism conflicts with the largely religious preschools to which he applies. He finds a greater understanding through Brother Sam (Mos Def, credited as Mos and later as yasiin bey), an ex-con and murderer whom Dexter once considered killing, who has since become a born- again Christian who counsels other ex-cons. Dexter initially sees Brother Sam's religious conversion as a scam, but Brother Sam proves himself a truly changed man, and even helps Dexter through a crisis when Harrison undergoes an appendectomy. However, things go awry when Brother Sam is shot and mortally wounded in his garage.
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It was well received by critics, and was given a five star review from the Examiner. The Huffington Post commented that as a director, "... the key word when describing Brandy is unflinching." Women & Hollywood chose Lola's Last Letter as a VOD pick of the month, stating in its review that "...If “Orange is the New Black” broke a barrier by shining a spotlight on and humanizing an ignored population — prisoners — then it’s probably safe to say Valerie Brandy does the same thing for ex-cons in her directorial debut." Valerie was nominated by the Los Angeles Film Review for a Best Principal Actress Award for her role as Lola, and was praised for her directorial ability and performance.
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"White Patriot Party (WPP)", Terrorism Knowledge Base, Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, retrieved on April 8th, 2010 The WPP collapsed after Miller violated an injunction against paramilitary activity and was convicted of threatening the civil rights activist Morris Dees. He was imprisoned from 1987 to 1990. In a 1988 sedition trial in Arkansas, Miller testified for the prosecution that he had received $200,000 in stolen money from The Order to finance operations of the White Patriot Party.Camille Jackson, "They're Back: A fresh batch of extremist ex-cons hits the streets" , Intelligence Report, (Winter 2004, Issue #116, Southern Poverty Law Center, retrieved April 8th, 2010 The Order was also called the Brüder Schweigen, or Silent Brotherhood.
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CMT states: "....After scouring the country to find the most down-home country couples, CMT documents their journey down the aisle, as outrageous and over the top as it might be. Each episode, hosted by Tom Arnold, will feature a different redneck wedding, each with its own rustic eccentricities, whether it is a four-legged best man, a romantic beer can canopy, a celebratory shotgun salute or a reception filled with mattress surfing and mud wrestling." The show profiled country couples who plan over-the-top, country-western style weddings. The couples proudly celebrated their down-home heritage by getting hitched on horseback, exchanging vows with the help of ordained ex-cons, or hosting mud-wrestling competitions during the reception.
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As of 2000, some minority reports claim the Texas Syndicate had about 19,000 members in prisons and jails statewide with more on the outside. However, such numbers are often inflated and include inmates only marginally connected with the gang as well as ex-cons, most of whom do not remain actively involved. Around 8,126 Hispanic members operate across Texas, including specific reportings in the Coffield Unit, about 60 miles southwest of Tyler, and at the Allred prison unit outside of Wichita Falls. However, they still maintain their headquarters in California, where their national president resides, and their numbers continue to reach into state and federal prisons across the US. They have been reported in the Federal Correctional Institute at Oakdale, Louisiana and in San Quentin, California with frequency.
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Norm R. Allen, Jr., former director of African Americans for Humanism, calls black nationalism a "strange mixture of profound thought and patent nonsense". > On the one hand, Reactionary Black Nationalists (RBNs) advocate self-love, > self-respect, self-acceptance, self-help, pride, unity, and so forth - much > like the right-wingers who promote "traditional family values." But - also > like the holier-than-thou right-wingers - RBNs promote bigotry, intolerance, > hatred, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, pseudo-science, irrationality, > dogmatic historical revisionism, violence, and so forth. Allen further criticizes black nationalists' strong "attraction for hardened prisoners and ex-cons", their encouragement of violence when other African- American individuals or groups are branded as "Toms," traitors, or "sellouts", the blatantly sexist stance and the similarities to white supremacist ideologies: > Many RBNs routinely preach hate.
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From 1973 to 1999 he was on staff at Earth House,Earth House website a residential treatment center for young people diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in East Millstone, New Jersey, first as a yoga instructor and psychodrama facilitator, and later as the director of their "Earth Adventure" program, an early example of wilderness therapy in which a group of twenty to forty patients would be led on a camping expedition onto the Appalachian Trail, and perform a wilderness course including climbing, rappelling, and canoeing through rapids. From 1990 to the present, he has been on staff as the motivational speaker for the Northern California Service League,Northern California Service League website giving talks twice a month to ex-cons in San Quentin, the maximum security prison, San Bruno Jail, San Francisco Jail, and at the center. He urges them to "get a job, not do a job." He is also on the available-speaker lists of several agencies which arrange speakers for special occasions.
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