It was the worst moment of his life but one that Adris DeLeon wouldn’t swap for anything. Standing behind bars at New York’s notorious Rikers Island prison, DeLeon watched the tears spill from his mother’s eyes and roll down her face when she arrived to post bail for her son. Then 17, DeLeon had spent three days waiting for bail to be posted after being arrested for breaking into a school in the early hours of the morning to play basketball. ..read more..
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