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Joel Baptiste

Joel “Cowboy” Baptiste is a writer and a program facilitator incarcerated in southern California. In prison, he received his degree in sociological science. A former skinhead gang leader, he is now part of Words Uncaged, a non-profit organization running arts programs in California prisons.