'Ex-Con,' 'Ex-Offender' and 'Ex-Inmate' Are Words That Reduce Millions to Stereotype
by Jerry Blassingame from on (#4E8PS)

When President Donald Trump signed the recent First Step Act into law, many people considered it to be the most important criminal justice reform measure in years. I've followed the legislation with some interest because I served a sentence in a South Carolina prison 20 years ago.