Poetry class helping break down walls
Through writing, inmates can see way out
McLOUD — If not for the black block lettering across the back of their gray shirts saying "INMATE,” the women in the poetry workshop could be mistaken for creative writing students at any local university.
Heads down and hands feverishly writing across the page of a composition book, words spill from their pencils. Some women wipe tears away as they empty thoughts onto a page. Others appear transported outside the...
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