Former gang member and prosecutor who put him in prison team up to fight street violence

New York Daily News

NEW YORK — Jarrell Daniels found an ally in his fight to tamp down gang violence in the most unlikely of people — the prosecutor who put him behind bars for six years.

After being convicted for shooting a rival gang member, Daniels, now 31, is a PhD student in psychology and social intervention at New York University . He’s also the founder of Columbia University’s Justice Ambassadors Youth Council, a three-month program where young adults, particularly those involved in gangs, work with public officials to push reforms to the city’s justice system…

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