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Reginald Dwayne Betts

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Reginald Dwayne Betts (born November 5, 1980) is an American poet, legal scholar, educator and prison reform advocate. At age 16 he committed an armed carjacking, was prosecuted as an adult, and was sentenced to nine years in prison for three felonies. He started reading and writing poetry during his incarceration.

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