Second Chance: Program for former offenders makes difference in KC
KMBC 9 News profiles Second Chance program throughout month of April Share Updated: 9:25 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021
KMBC 9 News profiles Second Chance program throughout month of April Share Updated: 9:25 PM CDT Apr 21, 2021
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Show Transcript HOLYOKE SHARES HIS STORY. REPORTER: EVERY SINGLE DAY IS WORK FOR MORGAN LAMEAR. GROWING UP IN SOUTH ST. LOUIS, MORGAN TURNED TO DRUGS. AND SPENT SIX AND A HALF YEARS IN PRISON. HE KNEW HE HAD TO MAKE A CHANGE. I STARTED PRACTICING ISLAM, AND I DECIDED TO LEAVE MY PAST BEHIND AND COME TO KANSAS CITY, AND TRY TO START OVE TRY TO HAVE A NEW LIFE. MORGAN CAME TO THE METRO DRAWN TO THE SUCCESSES OF OTHER FORMER OFFENDERS. I’D SEE THEM COME BACK TO THE HALFWAY HOUSE WITH KEYS TO AN APARTMENT, AND I’D SAY, ’HOW’D YOU DO THAT? WHERE’D YOU FIND AN APARTMENT? WHERE’D YOU FIND THAT GREAT JOB YOU HAVE, AND HOW CAN I DO THAT. RE
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