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" I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine"

According to a U.S. Justice Department report, our courts sends more than 250,000 minors into adult jails every year.  Who are these kids?   And what went wrong?

Author David Chura spent ten years teaching high school classes inside a New York state penitentiary, and has seen the world of incarcerated teens up close.  In his new book,  I Don't Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine, the author shares his experiences and tells the stories of these "kids in adult lockup."

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