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Free From Prison, but Still Paying a Penalty ... Ex-Convicts Face Many Sanctions  

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Peter Thompson for The N.Y. Times - When Maurice Stewart was released from prison after 14 years, he was barred by Federal law from living with or even visiting his mother.
                       

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Peter Thompson for The N.Y. Times - Pamela, Maurice's mother, in public housing in Chicago. Anyone convicted of a crime is barred from public housing.
                        
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