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    My Do-It-Yourself Language Immersion, Prison-Style

    Where the culture was Hispanic, ‘Me llamo Morgan’ got me started.
    by Morgan Godvin Dec 15, 2017 4 minutes

    This article was published in collaboration with Vice.

    I always knew high school Spanish would come in handy one day. I just didn't think that day would come in a federal prison.

    Life Inside Perspectives from those who work and live in the criminal justice system. Related Stories

    Fact: I am a white woman in my 20s. Three years of Spanish, one semester in college, and one protracted journey into drug addiction led me to this particular juncture. (I am serving a 60-month sentence for conspiracy to distribute heroin.)

    Before arriving here at F.C.I. (Federal Correctional Institution) Dublin in Northern California, I already

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