Ex-inmate sets up NPO to help other convicts

Ex-inmate sets up NPO to help other convicts

TOKYO, Japan - Hiroshi Igarashi (C), a former inmate who launched the nonprofit organization "Mother House" to assist convicts and those released from prisons, shares a light hearted moment with priest Hideo Kato (L) and friar Hernandez, both of whom he was greatly influenced by, at a church in Tokyo. Igarashi set up the NPO in 2012 after he was released from a prison in late 2011 after a total of some 20 years of detention. (Photo by Toshihiro Ariyoshi)(Kyodo)

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