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David Ruiz, Ex-Con and Prison Reform Activist [4min]

Prison reform activist David Ruiz died recently at age 63. Ben Philpott of member station KUT in Austin, Texas, has a remembrance of Ruiz, who went to prison multiple times for aggravated robbery but spent his years in prison educating himself and advocating prison reform.
Read entire article at NPR "Day to Day"