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This Chicago program connects incarcerated youth to poetry

Duration
7min
Language
English
Format
Category

Non-Fiction

Free Write Jail Arts and Literacy aims to help troubled youths in Chicago’s Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center address their personal issues by writing poetry about their circumstances and upbringing. Jeffrey Brown talks with poet Reginald Dwayne Betts, who turned around his life with writing and education after eight and a half years in prison.

© 2024 NewsHour Productions (Audiobook): 9781987108408

Release date

Audiobook: 1 May 2024

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