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A home for the homeless

Ex-con founds shelter to help released inmates get back on track

Is it possible for former prisoners to get back on track and have normal lives? When they're released from jail they have nowhere to live, no jobs and no opportunities to start over, so they are in danger of ending up behind bars again. Having been in their shoes once, Yury Potapenko knows just how much they need another chance and gives them one.

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Published: 08 April 2013 00:00

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