By Corey Gibson
LEBANON, OH — The UMO JA Men’s Chorus from Warren Correctional Institution recently released its third album, “Extend a Hand,” a 19-track recording written exclusively by the inmates. The album, which was released a month before the World Choir Games came to Cincinnati, was recorded within the walls of the correctional institution, which meant the acoustics were far from reasonable.
The group had to compete with the purring of the air-conditioning units, the commotion of other inmates and officers, and the other constant noises that inevitably fill the prison. “They write and sing about their personal struggles to make sense of the world,” Roma said.
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