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Cassie Oliveira reads from an autobiographical essay she wrote for a memoir class at the Barnstable County Correctional Facility, Jan. 8, 2026.
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Three years ago, a woman incarcerated in the Barnstable County jail asked a member of the sheriff’s staff for help with her writing. The jail’s response became a class for incarcerated women on writing their own life stories. CAI’s Jennette Barnes joined the class for a day.
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