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Article: Halfway house is protested
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- The Philadelphia Tribune
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- February 21, 1995
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Carmela Thomas
Philadelphia Tribune, The
02-21-1995
Halfway house is protested.
By Carmela Thomas
Tribune Staff
No way.
Not here -- not now.
That was the sentiment of dozens of North Philadelphia residents who recently turned out to protest a proposed halfway house for Eighth Street and Girard Avenue.
"We don't need more decay in this community. We need something that's in the interest of the community," Lucy Brooks a representative of the Ludlow Community residents said.
A crowd of about 75 filled the Temple Presbyterian Church, on Seventh and Thompson streets, 6 P.M. Thursday to oppose the facility slated to house 48 state prison inmates for up to a year as they try to adjust to life outside ...