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DOJ To Release Some 6,000 Nonviolent Inmates From Federal Prison

Published October 25, 2015 at 5:10 PM EDT

Starting on Friday, the Justice Department will release about 6,000 nonviolent inmates from federal prison. NPR's Michel Martin talks with Stanley Richards of the Fortune Society, a group that helps ex-prisoners deal with the complexities of re-entering society, as well as Saquan Dubose, who was recently released from prison.

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