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D.C. Jail Inmate Joel Caston Wins ANC 7F07 Race - The Washington Informer

Joel Caston, an inmate at the D.C. Jail, made history Tuesday as the first from that correctional institution to be elected to a public office in the District.

The post D.C. Jail Inmate Joel Caston Wins ANC 7F07 Race appeared first on The Washington Informer.

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