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Win-win for inmates on work crews

n response to Clarence Jefferson Hall Jr. (“The case for thanking Adirondack inmates” January/February), I agree that inmates have played an integral role with many important functions in the Adirondack Park. They worked on tree removal during the 1998 ice storm, construction

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