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No bars, but still a prison
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Mike Meyers
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Star Tribune National Economics
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Published June 5, 2005
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Kyle Phernetton wants to
make an honest living. But it's hard to find anyone who will
let him.
After serving time for
dealing in illegal drugs, Phernetton, 22, got a potentially
hazardous job this year that few people would want -- ripping
asbestos from aging buildings.
After a few months, he
was laid off.
Phernetton's boss had a
new, major contract -- removing asbestos from the Hennepin
County Government Center. Phernetton said
he was told that someone with a record couldn't work in the
courthouse.
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Stricter rules fill Minnesota's prisons
Even though
legislators couldn't agree this year on how to increase criminal
penalties in response to the 2003 abduction and slaying of Dru
Sjodin, the case is already contributing to Minnesota's burgeoning
prison inmate population, state corrections officials
say.
The evidence is a marked increase in returns
to prison for parole and probation violations since Sjodin's
disappearance and the arrest of a newly released repeat sex offender
sparked outrage and recriminations over alleged gaps in the state's
public safety protections.
A record 765 inmates were added to Minnesota
prisons in the year that ended July 1.
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