We try to help these guys realize that the skills they already possess from illegal ventures have real value in the business world. —Catherine Rohr, founder and chief executive of the Prison Entrepreneurship Program, as quoted by Leslie Berlin in "Running a Business After Doing Time"

I believe Ms. Rohr may be onto something. All they'll need is a suit, some nail polish, a little seed capital for political donations, and they could be running a bank in no time.

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