Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Getty Images Returning to society after spending time incarcerated is difficult. For many people, like Altimont Mark Wilks, the government makes it even harder by creating new ways to punish them permanently, even after they complete their sentence.Altimont owns Carmen’s Corner Store in Hagerstown, Maryland, a community where about 20 percent of people rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to buy their groceries. But a fed
A Maryland grocer is suing the U.S. Department of Agriculture over a policy that he claimed blocked him from accepting Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP benefits from customers.
A Maryland entrepreneur’s story demonstrates how government barriers to people with criminal records hurt individuals but also harm people in their community.
Altimont Mark Wilks, owner and founder of Carmen s Corner Store with shops in Hagerstown and Frederick, says he can t help the people of his community.
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