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Debbie Elliott

FOUND: Seeking redemption for aged and infirm prisoners amid alabama s high bar for parole | Mind Blowing Facts

Doug Layton, Jr. shows a trailer full of equipment he's acquired since being released from prison. He says he does painting and home repairs on the side, "trying to be productive in society." (Debbie Elliott/NPR)

Doug Layton, Jr. proudly takes a visitor on an after-hours tour at the glass shop where he works just outside Birmingham, Ala. Layton has been here less than a year but has been given the responsibility for locking things up at the end of the day.

"I haven't felt that since I was like 15 or 16 — where somebody just really trusts me," he says.

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