Program turns prisoners into poets

The Washington Post 2015-02-26

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Two former inmates from the D.C. Jail talk to PostTV about Free Minds, the program that allows teens to express themselves by writing. Robert Barksdale and Juan Peterson share poetry they wrote while behind bars.
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