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After a Long Prison Break, I Was Finally Released

After years of prison never ending, being dehumanized, strip searched, watching people get wheeled down the prison walkway in batty bags, i was finally released. My sister and mamma were there to pick me up that cold morning in february. The struggle is real. And even i struggled to find a job when i came home. Each application that i filled out, from grocery stores to mortgage companies to fashion retail they all cluded the same question: have you ever been convicted of a felony? No. So i leveraged the mental toughness that i built while going through prison. But after being declined for over forty jobs, even i began to feel deflated.

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