VIDEO: John Oliver Walks Us Through the Painful Obstacles Ex-Prisoners Face When Re-Entering Society
The "Last Week Tonight" host explains how 50 percent of ex-prisoners end up back in jail thanks to challenges legislators have placed -- inhumanely, some would argue -- in their way.The “Last Week Tonight” host explains how 50 percent of ex-prisoners end up back in jail thanks to challenges legislators have placed — inhumanely, some would argue — in their way.
—Posted by Natasha Hakimi Zapata
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