By April Thompson for WREG (Memphis), 18 June 2015

Their stage was a classroom, behind locked doors a top juvenile court.

Shelby County students whose behavior landed them in juvenile detention were given the task of reciting Shakespeare.

“But thou are not quickly moved to strike,” repeated one student.

For five days, the  students in Juvenile Court’s Hope Academy, the school they attend while in juvenile detention, learned the ins and outs of one of Shakespeare’s most popular works, Romeo and Juliet.

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