Parole Models: Lifelong Friends Work With City to Help Former Inmates

Parole models: Lifelong friends work with city to help former inmates

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Jacobs spent 30 years in and out of prison for stealing to support his drug addiction. … Jacobs said that most paroled ex-offenders are neighborhood guys who committed crimes in their youth, served their time, have been law-abiding ever since, and …
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At vigil, Clearwater woman will relate drug abuse's devastation of her family

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CLEARWATER — Coni Pappas is not and never was a drug addict. But for years, she suffered from the effects. She lost her marriage to cocaine. Later, she would lose a son. Pappas, 59, now waits for her surviving son to get out of rehab and prays that …
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Khloe and Lamar: Can You Be Loyal and Look Out for Yourself?

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His erratic behavior and alleged disappearances are thought to have been caused by drug use, though neither Odom nor his wife of four years, Khloe Kardashian, have confirmed or denied the allegations. Hints of the troubles have made their way into …
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