{
  "$type": "site.standard.document",
  "bskyPostRef": {
    "cid": "bafyreifdrfohgdwf64kj2mh5ssojnfoswxytgdlabtifgzzya3scwitwyq",
    "uri": "at://did:plc:j25cnih36wsdl5qmcjvbgoxm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmdbmcfaeba2"
  },
  "path": "/article/786070/inside-voices-spoken-word-poetry-dyrs-new-beginnings/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-20T12:05:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://washingtoncitypaper.com",
  "tags": [
    "Inside Voices",
    "News",
    "DYRS",
    "New Beginnings Youth Development Center",
    "poetry",
    "Trey Baker"
  ],
  "textContent": "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 […]",
  "title": "Inside Voices: Spoken Word Poetry Program Helps Incarcerated Kids Heal and Express Themselves"
}