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Submitted to Contest #84
My name is Saylor Bennett. The date is June 22nd, 1985. I am writing this letter from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. I have been in this jail since it opened, I was only 15 years old when I first got arrested. I still remember most of what happened that day. The day I got arrested I remember running from home. My parents abused me both physically and mentally, my dad used to sexually abuse me and threaten me if I ever told anyone...
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