My Do-It-Yourself Language Immersion, Prison-Style
Where the culture was Hispanic, ‘Me llamo Morgan’ got me started.
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.
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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
