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A Small Team inside Durham’s City Hall Is Tackling the Big Challenge of Residents Returning from Incarceration

William Elmore was out of prison after serving twenty-five years for a murder conviction. He needed toothpaste, so he headed to Walmart. He left feeling sick. “It was like a kaleidoscope of sensory overload. It was too rich, too many colors,” he says. “There’s so many different types of toothpaste, it made my stomach hurt.” […]