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Hartford, Connecticut
Life Inside
October 4
Life Inside, Remixed: What 90 Days in Jail Taught a Poet About America
Ravi Shankar was born in D.C. to South Indian parents. But it took going to jail for him to fully understand what many other Americans of color face.
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The Marshall Project
Life Inside
April 29, 2021
Nothing Has Made Me Feel More American Than Going to Jail
I was born in D.C. to South Indian parents. But it wasn’t until I had to negotiate the criminal justice system that I fully realized what many Americans of color have to deal with.
By
Ravi Shankar
Life Inside
December 15, 2016
How I Came to Terms with the Man Who Shot Me
A victim is transformed by a family history of crime and violence.
By
Aswad Thomas