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Turning Crack Dealers Into Chief Executives

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16 Feb 2009 28 views
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Turning Crack Dealers Into Chief Executives
A prison project in Houston is helping to turn criminals into legitimate businessmen.

A prison project in Houston is helping to turn criminals into legitimate businessmen.

Four years ago Catherine Rohr was a venture capitalist on Wall Street. Then she left her job with its six-figure salary and decided to create the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, or PEP.

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