LA tries new test to find gang members wanting out
San Diego Union-Tribune Saturday 7th January, 2012
LOS ANGELES -; Melissa Pirraglio spent many of her 11 years of gang life in drug-addled despair seeking a way out. "There's an inkling in every single gang member looking for an opportunity to come out," said Pirraglio, now 34 and a counselor to troubled youth. "You get to the point where you see the whole lifestyle is a lie." Anti-gang ...
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