ABC News' Jonathan Karl spoke exclusively with Koch about his push for criminal justice reform.Two friends from Philadelphia are on a mission to reduce the city's recidivism rates by running a pizza shop run exclusively by formerly incarcerated men and women.
After seeing how incarceration impacted their families and how many of their loved ones couldn't find employment after leaving prison, Evans and Abdul-Hadi knew the pizzeria was the perfect way to help reduce Philadelphia's recidivism rate.Down North Pizza in Philadelphia neighborhood aims to help erase employment barriers faced by formerly incarcerated people.
"We just want to meet people where they're at and help them along the way," Evans told"GMA.""It was very important for us to help these people coming from the system and break the cycle of mass incarceration."Down North Pizza in Philadelphia neighborhood aims to help erase employment barriers faced by formerly incarcerated people.
I applaud them. People get in trouble when they can't find work to support themselves.
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