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Aunray Stanford
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Published in GEN

·Jan 16, 2019

Pokémon, Power, and Prison

For a nerdy kid, a Myspace post was the gateway to gangbanging — At nine years old, I was lame. I wasn’t handicapped in any way — just pathetically devoted to Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh!, which in my neighborhood, may have been an even bigger stigma than a physical disability. As a result, I was friendless. The majority of my classmates came from Forest…

Gangs

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Pokémon, Power, and Prison
Pokémon, Power, and Prison
Gangs

5 min read


Published in GEN

·Sep 19, 2018

The Cycle

Walking in my father’s footsteps, and trying to find a new path — As I entered Bridges Juvenile Detention Center, otherwise known as Spofford, I was deathly afraid. I’d been shuffled through its barbed-wire fences in handcuffs and shackles, and so far, I could see little that distinguished my new home from an adult jail — the kind I’d seen on television programs…

Incarceration

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Incarcerated at Age 11
Incarcerated at Age 11
Incarceration

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Aunray Stanford

Aunray Stanford

198 Followers

Aunray is a Youth Mentor in the Crossroads Juvenile Center. He is also studying Community Advocacy and Social Policy at NYU. Email Aunray at AunrayNYU@gmail.com

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