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Rehabilitation Through the Arts: Breaking the cycle of incarceration

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A study by the Department of Justice found 60% of former inmates are back behind bars within three years .

"I'm lovin' the reaction, the acceptance, the way that people get it," says Clarence Maclin .

Maclin was a violent, knife-wielding, drug dealing inmate at Sing Sing Correctional Facility .

He's appearing as a version of himself in the critically-acclaimed movie about a prison theater program.

"Breakin' The Mummy 's Code" returns to theaters January 17 at Sing Sing Correctional Facility , Ossining , N.Y. The original production was taped so that the men could share it with their families.

Prison life doesn't normally encourage displays of emotion, but RTA made that permissable.

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64

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informal

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English

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31

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