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NEWS & LETTERS, March-April 2005No Oakland curfew!
[caption] More than a hundred former prisoners and their supporters protested Oakland (Cal.) Mayor Jerry Brown's proposal to impose a curfew on ex-felons. The mayor blames the former prisoners for Oakland's crime, rather than the economic disaster all Oakland residents face, which weighs particularly heavily on anyone with a record as they are routinely denied both job opportunities and housing. |
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