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At the age of 19, Ladji Ruffin entered the prison system. Twenty-three years later, he emerged as a business owner.
“I didn’t necessarily have to deal with the stigma coming out, because I had a skill set,” Ruffin says. “I just created my own thriving company.”
Isabella Aldrete is a summer reporter at Employee Benefit News. She is currently a senior at Barnard College and a former deputy editor at the Columbia Daily Spectator.
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