All the Jail's a Stage
Missouri inmates are performing tales of murder, greed and insanity -- and learning how to leave their old lives behind
"[Prison Performing Arts] is something that gives them confidence in themselves," Reid explains. "But it goes away when they leave here."
Wilcox would like to break that trend. She's hoping to start a program that will offer drama classes to juvenile offenders after they return home. Maybe then she won't see these same kids in prison in a few years. And maybe they can avoid the tragedies of Shakespeare's characters.
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The last performer at the hip-hop workshop stands up to deliver his rap: "This place is a living Hell/And I am ready to go home/I am tired of being held back/I am ready to move on/My mind is getting cluttered up with words/That's pretty strong/They say I am a criminal/I say they are wrong."
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