Will the next Juvenal come from juvie?

The Chicago Tribune has the story of the Cook County juvenile detention poets:

"It's too bad I had to come to jail to learn about life when I had you at home the entire time," recited one young man, his eyes locked to the ground and hands clasped behind his back. The sentiment in another teen's poem is just as poignant and revealing: "Looking out into a world without me is the hardest thing I've ever had to do."

They weren't teased or laughed at by their peers. When one would stutter, or pause to collect emotions, other young detainees would clap or gently nudge the poet to continue . . .