In this March 12, 2018, photo, a man walks between rooms at the Canaan SAFE House in Urbana, Ill. After seeing men locked up for life for stealing pizza under California's "three strikes" program, Alan Williams, the new director of the Canaan SAFE House felt there had to be a better way. The former prison employee thinks he may have found it in a two-story house on a quiet Urbana street, a stone's throw from his childhood church. Williams, is the new director of Canaan Baptist Church's men's SAFE House. That stands for Substance Abuse Free Environment and has been quietly turning out success stories for about 24 years. (Stephen Haas/The News-Gazette via AP )
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