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Mark Ridley-Thomas

Mark Ridley-Thomas is a Los Angeles County Supervisor for the Second District.

Saroyal Booker, practices sautéing vegetables before her final exam at the Culinary Job Training program at DC Central Kitchen in Washington, DC. Saroyal is staying at Friends of Guest House in Alexandria, Virginia, which helps women successfully reenter the workforce from incarceration. (Evelyn Hockstein/For The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Why two supervisors are encouraging Los Angeles County to hire formerly incarcerated workers

Hilda L. Solis, Mark Ridley-Thomas