Incarcerated girls are letting their voices soar with poetry. And it's powerful [courier-journal.com]

Alicia Doktor 2/22/1912:00 PM

There were seven incarcerated girls at Louisville Metro Youth Detention Services when R.T. wrote that poem.

Most days there are only one or two. Others there are none.

Twice a week Tasha Golden walks through six secure doors to the classroom where she teaches poetry to the young women as part of their school day at Louisville Metro Youth Detention Services downtown.

[For more on this story by Maggie Menderski, go to https://www.courier-journal.co...ng-women/2850481002/]

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