Oklahoma pilot program helps ex-inmates find employment
October 22, 2017
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Most people wouldn't look forward to a shift in a drainage ditch, with crisp winds whipping into the thick brush and making the work even tougher.
But on a gray Tuesday morning in Edgemere Park, Kevin Fletcher of Oklahoma City set about with a line trimmer and a lopper, content to be far away from a Lexington prison.
"It's pretty hard being a felon and looking for work," said Fletcher, 26. "Most people, when they see you're a felon, they don't want to give you a chance."
Fletcher worked in a crew of five people, each of them an ex-prisoner earning their keep and seeking to...
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