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    My First Job Out of Prison Was Back in Prison

    “It felt like all eyes were on me.”
    by David Van Horn as told to Maurice Chammah Jan 19, 2018 3 minutes

    This article was published in collaboration with Vice.

    I was released in 2015, after serving 20 years for murder in New Mexico. While inside, I worked as a baker in the cafeteria at the Corrections Department. Then, when I got out, my first job was in that same kitchen, serving green-chili cheeseburgers and burritos and chicken-fried steak.

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