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Cameron, 39
“What comes to mind is peace, and a sense that everything is going to be ok. What comes to mind is, that what’s in the past needs to stay there if I want to have a future, if I want to be grateful for today and for the fact that I am no longer the person I once was.”
Eddie, 61
Every day, I know that I’m the one to blame, I see the picture clearly now. Stand strong, firm and solid, and I’ll defeat this maze. I’ll come back to you, my silent one.
Raul, 46
“When officers learn to dehumanize people they become desensitized to basic conditions in them: fear, hope, want and sorrow. We cannot allow ourselves to be viewed as non-entities.”
Charles, 48
Love is more about how you show it and less about how many times you say it.
Robert, 60
Prison is like being in a time vacuum where life has ceased. Neither moving forward or backward, alive but deceased. Prison is like a sack into which each day, each hour, drops another stone. Bending the spine until the tell-tale crack.
Abdul ‘Malik,’ 41
“I entered prison without knowing how to read and write, so I taught myself. I never understood the importance of education until I got locked up.”
Todd, 33
“Isolated. Anxiety ridden. Helpless. Inhumane. All of these sum up how I’ve been forced to feel about myself over the past two years.”
Courtney, 37
Prison is where the leaders of American policies, society and the educational system send all the disasters. Our mistakes become everyone’s mistakes.
Marcus, 37
“The ‘Game’ gave me a rare opportunity to proverbially speak to my younger self, it pains me to admit that I failed to reach him.”
David, 43
“I’ve been incarcerated 18 ½ years thus far. My road to manhood was anything but smooth, but I’m thankful for every heartache, hardship, and road bump along the way. For it was these valuable life lessons that made me the man I am today.”
Anthony, 24
“Where I’m from it’s hard to truly be yourself when you have so many voids to complete your self-worth.”