Growing up after a prison past: At age 15, Steven Glaze was among the first juveniles to be prosecuted as an adult under a new get-tough Minnesota law. Eleven years later, he's a man. And he's free.

From: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) | Date: April 16, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Frederick Melo

Apr. 16--Steven Glaze wears his criminal history on his arms, and it's a long read. Eight tattoos crisscross his body, all hand-drawn by inmates and gang allies. The markings are a permanent resume of the street battles, state facilities and other dead-end roads he's sworn to leave behind. Under intensive supervised release from prison -- a kind of parole -- Glaze is struggling against the violent shadows of his past.

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