ex-convicts

• “He had worried that the deterrent effect of this horrible system had been diluted, with too many stories in circulation of ex-convicts making fortunes.”

  The Dark Side of Dickens

• “Origin: Were ex-convicts who finally finished their sentence and had planned to go through with their dream “Big Heist.””

  Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » An Introduction to Thirty Comic Book Publishers

• “For years, complaints have been ignored -- and perhaps some Israeli spokespeople came out at some point and said that these claims weren't true and that Palestinian ex-convicts and prisoners are 'forced' to say such things.”

  The Huffington Post: Faisal J. Abbas: Israel's Democracy Rings Hollow as IDF Continues to Humiliate Palestinian Detainees

• “For example, instead of passively requesting small grants to meet the needs of ex-convicts dumped on the streets, advocates for the homeless could push for requiring prisons to demonstrate their success rate in helping ex-cons adjust to civilian life.”

  The Huffington Post: Rich Tafel: Nonprofit Advocacy in an Age of Budget Cuts

• “There's millions of gun-owners out there right now who'd be "convicts" or "ex-convicts" if they couldn't afford a good lawyer.”

  Second-Amendment Restoration Act Re-Introduced

• “In June, HUD encouraged local housing agencies to permit ex-convicts except for the most extreme sex offenders or individuals caught manufacturing methamphetamine "on the premises of federally assisted housing" to move in with relatives in Section 8 or public housing after exiting prison.”

  The Wall Street Journal: Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing

• “Part of the reason for high unemployment in Ward Eight is that many residents are ex-convicts, which makes finding a job more difficult.”

  The Guardian: US debt crisis: worst off in Ward Eight face prospect of even harsher poverty

• “This was a controversial proposition in its day, especially because Vidocq insisted on staffing it with ex-convicts like himself, reasoning that they were the ones best suited to infiltrating criminal milieus.”

  Louis Bayard - An interview with author

• “Some dismissed the rebels as al-Qaida-led ex-convicts or foreigners, repeating government propaganda that has tried to paint the rebels as Islamic extremists.”

  USA Today: Gadhafi regime hands weapons to civilians

• “It is no wonder that, according to Devah Pager, author of "Marked: Race, Crime, and Finding Work in an Era of Mass Incarceration", within a year after release up to 75 percent of ex-convicts remain unemployed.”

  The Huffington Post: Glenn Martin: Young Men's Initiative: A Win-Win

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