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Magic as Rehabilitation
Loaded on Jan. 1, 2021
by Jayson Hawkins
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2021, page 28
Filed under:
Rehabilitation/Recidivism.
Location:
California.
by Jayson Hawkins
When facing the harsh reality of incarceration, whether for a few years or several decades, one will soon confront a rather crucial question: “What am I going to do with all this time?”
For many, the answer is to distract themselves with dominoes and …
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