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Ex-convict finds freedom hard in America
Eagle Grove Iowa UP I reports Robert Ray Ferguson, freed from Iowa State Penitentiary in February, struggles after four months outside. With 18 felony convictions, he stays jobless and lonely, lamenting society’s refusal to hire him while considering returning to prison by armed robbery. He lives with friends Emmett and Mary Lamer and works yard cleanup. He questions how to survive on freedom and says he might reoffend to gain security. Ferguson previously asked to spend his life in prison, then attempted parole before release.
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