Episode 1: 'I Just Want You to Come Home'

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Mar 12, 201800:28:57Society & Culture

Z had his first encounters with law enforcement when he was just 12 years old. Now, at 16, he’s sitting in detention on an armed robbery charge—his young life has been defined by cops and courts. Dwayne Betts is a poet a...

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