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Today we discuss the best gift we've ever recieved, our first day in, and our experience being in a Spy Hop program.

In this weeks episode the boys share a little bit about themselves.  Discussions include values, self perception, and family.

The boys discuss their perfect day. This episode includes a poem by Stizzy, discussions on dreams, visions of the future, love, and love languages.

Join us today and listen to 10 poems written, performed, and produced by youth in a secure care facility in Utah. Poetry surrounding topics such as longing, remorse, existence, and so much more. Hosted by Chavo. These are the voices from the unit.  Poetry and interviews for this episode by the following: To My Past Self - Stizzy Letter to the Family - Gordo Dear Ayash - Two I'm Sorry Momma - Gordo Time - Stizzy Fear - Bobby My Favorite Hiding Place - Mr. Wise I Remember - Smiley Mentally Obscured - Chavo Letter - Ruby Song: 3AM - Two

In this episode, the boys get together to discuss things they have taken for granted, lessons they have learned, how they are percieved and percieve others, and their own values. Hosted by Chavo. Co Hosted by Steezy, Smiley, Bobby, Mr. Wise, Gordo, Ruby, and Two. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, the girls of Sending Messages talk about lessons that they have learned. Experiences that have been tough to deal with but ones that have undoubtedly taught them something. Stories, poems, and songs by Nickle Walnut, Bonnie, Freddy, and Sage. This episode was hosted by Freddy.

In this episode, Ghetti, Barbie, and Bonnie are joined by their staff member Jorge to discuss how communication, boundaries, race, friendships, trauma, and keeping the peace can get mixed up when you live side by side with people you don't get along with.

In this episode, Freddy, Ghetti, and Diamond answer questions about their families, the frustrations of being incarcerated, mistakes they have made, and their hopes for the future.

Fear and Nightmares impact incarcerated youth differently than it does other young people. You wake up in the middle of the night to find out you have just entered a new bad dream of lock up. You relive the same mistakes and regrets over and over. In this episode, stories, poetry, and conversations about nightmares are written, performed, and produced by Velli, Bonnie, Boots, Diamond, Freddy, Ghetti, Hazel, and Sage. Thanks for listening.

This year the students in Sending Messages tried to make a holiday podcast, but didn't really get too far. Instead, enjoy poetry and letters about loss, lockup, and love from AktivE, Tina, Static, Scar, and C-Dot, as well as conversations featuring Virtuosity, AktivE, Static, Phoenix, C-Dot, G-Man, and Ruthless. This episode was mixed and hosted by Phoenix. Happy Holidays.

Join us on this house tour. Walk through the halls, peek in the rooms, and climb the stairs. This isn't just any house. This is a house made of memories. Bricks carved out of trauma, doors cracked by anger and floors worn by fear. But all of the locks are open, and the stories these walls are ready to tell are desperate to be heard. So come in. Poetry and interviews for this episode by the following: The kitchen - Virtuosity The Closet - Star The Bathroom - Tina Posole What Home Means - Waffles & Answer The Bedroom - K One The Basement - Icarus The Elevator - Kenzo The Rooftop - Ghetti Guiding us through this tour of the house is our resident Real Estate Agent, Scarr.  Stay close and don't wander off. She is the one with the keys. Thanks for listening. TW: references to self-harm, drug addiction, suicide, sexual abuse, physical abuse

What has been stolen? Who has been lost? Are there times they are the same things? This episode the Sending Messages girls discuss the things that have been taken away in their lives. Both tangible items, identities, time, and sometimes, people. Stories and interviews by Tina Posole, Star, Icarus, Skarr, and Ghetti. Thanks for listening.

This episode, Bhetti, Skarr and Tina Posole talk with their producer Adam about what perfection is like as a young girl in Secure Care, with everyone watching.  this episode also features poetry by Star and Icarus, as well as a flashback piece by Alias. Thanks for listening.

Happy Halloween! This episode, the youth from Decker Lake bring you stories, poetry, interviews and music all themed all about monsters, nightmares, and fear. Virtuosity, Dawn Breaker, Rambollo, K-One, and Liu Kang share their insights on both the fun of the holiday, as well as their own experiences growing up celebrating Halloween and thinking about the difference between childhood fear and the fear they experience now. This episode is hosted by Dopey. Thanks for listening!

This episode is a compilation for a research project about how the true stories and recollections by incarcerated youth can change attitudes about their situations to the public at large. While this episode is used for this purpose with a particular audience, we also wanted to share it with our larger podcasting audience as it represents some of the most impactful and interesting pieces from the last 12 years. Thanks for listening.