Inside Voices: Spoken Word Poetry Program Helps Incarcerated Kids Heal and Express Themselves

Several kids sit in a circle on an auditorium stage at New Beginnings Youth Development Center. Counselors, staff, and some parents sit alongside them. There’s no audience for this intimate session of Voices Unlocked, a spoken word poetry program that promotes mental health and restorative justice by using poetry as therapy. The program, which started […]