Personal Narrative: Juvenile Justice System

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I’ve been locked up for 14 years i’ve tried to escape any way I could find.Every day I had to march to my cold cell and they’d tormented us for 30 minutes.They forced us eat canned dog food and buy overpriced water .Trying to not kill your aggravating inmates seven times a day was the hardest part of it all . We had to dress in these horrid jumpsuits and carry these heavy weights on our backs every single day ,they’d also make us do hard labor having to finish it every night. They would even have us ride buses with these pandemonium people. After those long years I’m finally getting out ,living my life once again and doing whatever I want .It’s the July 24 and just got arrested again they said i’d be put on parole for four more years but

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