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Troy Isaac, Homeless Advocate, Defeats The Odds After 24 Years Behind Bars
(Huffpost-AOL) ![]() 12:43:40PM (ET) Sunday,January 29,2012. LOS ANGELES -- Troy Isaac never made it past the fifth grade. "I was locked up when I was 12 and didn't make it out until I was 36," he said. As soon as Isaac had served his time for one nonviolent crime, he'd be back inside for another -- within just two to three days, he recalls. He has an easy explanation for his recidivism: "I thought that everything was done for me inside. There was shelter and food. I got to act stupid. I wasn't ready to be an adult." It took two remarkable women and some new insight into his own choices to alter that two-decade direction. Today Isaac serves as what he calls a "freelance" advocate for the homeless, the abused... Troy Isaac, Homeless Advocate, Defeats The Odds After 24 Years Behind Bars (VIDEO, PHOTOS) ------------------------------------------------------------------ You will find this one interesting...
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