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Long Sentences, Short Stories

6/12/2007

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Publication: The Village Voice
Date: June 22, 2007

Summary: The Student Press Initiative works with young inmates on Rikers Island to record 


Excerpt:
"Gordon says the process wasn't an easy one. "The association most of these guys have with interviewing is the DA," he says. "We have to develop a lot of trust." The logistics were also tough. His authors were often at court, talking with their attorneys, transferred to other facilities, put in solitary, and a few fortunate ones were released.

By the time of the book launch, only one of the 18 authors, 21-year-old Trevor Cole, was actually on hand to read what he'd written."


Read the full article at The Village Voice.
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