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| Jailhouse poets find voice in writing course |
| By timesonline.com- Jeffrey Benzing |
| Published: 08/25/2014 |
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PITTSBURGH — Brother Umar wears ketchup-colored jail garb. He’s been locked up for 14 months, but his words earn him snaps as if he’s at a hipster coffee shop. “For good Abel can’t help but to sacrifice his life to this ’caine that’s so fatal,” he recites, part preacher, part emcee. Then, conversationally: “That’s Cain and Abel.” Umar, whose real name is Chris Westbrooks Jr., is in the Allegheny County Jail awaiting trial on charges of attempted murder and aggravated assault in connection with a 2013 shooting in Duquesne. Read More. |
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