InDepth: Central Florida Crime Crisis - Youthful Offender Program
Friday, November 30, 2007
By: Rebecca Morgan
Nov. 30, 2007 - Earlier in the series, 90.7's Becky Morgan explored how the arts are being used to try to keep local kids away from a life of crime. But all too often, those and other crime prevention programs fail. So today, Becky looks at an Orange County program that's using the arts to try to rehabilitate young people who've already landed in jail.
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The Youthful Offender Program at the Orange County Jail is run by John Richter. Be sure to listen to WMFE's Arts Connection next Thursday, December 6 at 6:30 PM for more on this program.
Listen to all the poems written and read by inmates at the Orange County Jail -- 1 - Dankiere Butler 2 - Marquis McKenzie 3 - James Jenkins 4 - Terrell Bell 5 - Josias Martinez 6 - Damon Miller 7 - Diamond Hill 8 - Jared Braun & Spencer Woodruff 9 - Spencer Woodruff
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