PBS NewsHour. Stuck behind bars, a writer found a way to connect to the world /

Reginald Dwayne Betts grew up an honor student with hopes for college but went to prison at 16 for carjacking, his first run-in with the law. Reading, and poetry in particular, became a comfort and gave him a new identity. The writer, who is now a law student and a prison reform advocate, sits down...

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