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inmate, jeffrey coats

Arrested at the age of 14 and sentenced to 20 years in an adult prison, when I met Jeff he was trying to get a high school education so he could take college classes and do something positive with his life. Unfortunately, while the state has no problem with sending children to prison with adult inmates, they have no programs in place to deal with them when they get there. Other than hospitalization.

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