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Human Rights Lawyer Maria Burnett tweeted this insightful thread about how inmates released into a digital world after decades in prison (especially during the pandemic) are having a hard time re-entering society with everything being online now. The thread went viral and she even expanded on it in this article she wrote for USA Today.
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Source: Maria Burnett
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