by redclay | Sep 3, 2021 | Detention Center Writing Contests, fiction, Poetry
by Leonardo Antonio Reyes
Second place, Poetry, Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility/OAR writing contest, August 2021
It’s crazy the type of stuff you see on
Kids barely 13 selling bags of that rock
Violence out of control, younger and younger,
Its crazy the stuff that you see
Young women corrupted selling they soul
For what they think is a lot
People glorifying the streets thinking its
Let me tell you right now
selling dope ain’t the only way to get to
But we so messed up we think its
No role models so we looked up to
We played games with our lives, our
Slowly but surely our lives go down the
Start getting locked up, start going insane
But this could be a blessing long as you
Stay off them drugs, start stimulating
Start realizing there’s another way out
Got that legal money, don’t have to
Do right by your family and right by
Show ‘em its more to life than
Selling drugs and doing bids
by redclay | Sep 3, 2021 | Media Coverage, News
“We are extremely grateful for Heard’s continued outreach and engagement with those in our custody.”
— Sheriff Dana Lawhorne
And we are grateful to the Alexandria Gazette Packet for promoting the winners of our writing contest with the Alexandria Adult Detention Center. You are always so supportive of our work! Btw, did you know that you made Mr. Pixley and Mr. Talbert’s day? They were each given a copy of your article and were sooooo happy! Thank you for allowing them to be heard! Scroll down to page 7 to see our winners or read it here:
by redclay | Sep 3, 2021 | Detention Center Writing Contests, Poetry
Michael Nash
First place, poetry, Heard/Arlington County Detention Facility/OAR writing contest, August 2021
by redclay | Sep 3, 2021 | Media Coverage, News
In his award-winning poem “I Cry”, Anthony Talbert laments over being incarcerated in the Alexandria Jail.
“Growing up I was told that the eyes are the windows to the soul,” reads Talbert’s poem. “So I cry to cleanse my soul of all the torment it holds.”
You can’t not be moved by Talbert’s first-place poem and the tears he sheds for everyone – you, me, Jesus, himself. You can read his entire work and more about our writing contest in Alxnow.com
Tales of regret and hope win in creative writing contest at the Alexandria Jail
by redclay | Sep 3, 2021 | Media Coverage, News
“We are extremely grateful for Heard’s continued outreach and engagement with those in our custody,” Sheriff Lawhorne said.
And we are grateful to you, Sheriff Lawhorne, for inviting us back to hold our annual writing contest with the William G. Truesdale Adult Detention Center again. Once again we laughed, cried, and were generally blown away by the honesty and courage of our authors. Congratulations to your winners, and a special shoutout to Caudron Megary, Blackburn Wealth Management Group for sponsoring this event.
The list of winners and a link to the first-place winning poem (and it’s amazing!) is here.
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