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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.
Raising Hell in Subsidized Housing James Bovard 2011
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Part of the reason for high unemployment in Ward Eight is that many residents are ex-convicts, which makes finding a job more difficult.
US debt crisis: worst off in Ward Eight face prospect of even harsher poverty 2011
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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.
Rich Tafel: Nonprofit Advocacy in an Age of Budget Cuts Rich Tafel 2011
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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.
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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.
Rich Tafel: Nonprofit Advocacy in an Age of Budget Cuts Rich Tafel 2011
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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.
Faisal J. Abbas: Israel's Democracy Rings Hollow as IDF Continues to Humiliate Palestinian Detainees Faisal J. Abbas 2010
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Origin: Were ex-convicts who finally finished their sentence and had planned to go through with their dream “Big Heist.”
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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.
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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.
Faisal J. Abbas: Israel's Democracy Rings Hollow as IDF Continues to Humiliate Palestinian Detainees Faisal J. Abbas 2010
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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.
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