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Young inmates see some of themselves on stage at the Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility; 'It was a powerful play'
By omaha.com- Alia Conley
Published: 11/17/2016

Joseph Markundu watched with wide eyes as the lives of two characters unfolded in front of him.

Actors playing two teens demonstrated tough family life — leading one to skip school and use drugs and another to join a neighborhood gang. Their paths spiraled downward until they found themselves in prison.

Markundu, 18, laughed with his friends when a harsh judge set a stiff penalty for one of the teens.

It was too real. Markundu is serving two to three years after being convicted of a robbery from January.

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