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Why a former prisoner bought a prison

Kerwin Pittman. (Courtesy of Kerwin Pittman)
Courtesy of Kerwin Pittman
Kerwin Pittman. (Courtesy of Kerwin Pittman)

A man who spent all of his 20s behind bars has bought a decommissioned prison in North Carolina, with plans to turn it into a center that provides jobs and housing to formerly incarcerated people.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Kerwin Pittman, founder and executive director of Recidivism Reduction Educational Program Services (RREPS).

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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