Ex-inmate finds work, possible new beginning, at State Fair
When most people are leaving the State Fair, some others are just arriving. A team of sanitation workers clean through the night emptying trash cans, cleaning toilets and scrubbing floors, among other things.
MPR producer Max Nesterak has been talking to different people working at the fair. Recently, he decided to get there early — at 5 a.m. — to talk to those workers just finishing up their shift.
For Jeffrey Martinez, who recently got out of prison, the sanitation job represents the start of a new beginning.
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