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Prison football program makes strides from Manchester to Melbourne

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Sport can be an important teacher of life lessons. In the UK that idea has seen a network of professional football clubs work to help prisoners who want to better themselves. Now, the Melbourne City Football Club has brought the program to Australia.
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