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Chris, 53
“It was about the six seconds of compassion that my foster sister showed me and the courage to let her compassion flow through me.”
Donald, 56
Meet Donald... I longed for her to tell me everything would be alright. But it was never alright. I was seven and playing on the street in front of the Lincoln Hotel, where my mom lived. A car pulled up and a couple got out, looking around, - all...
Earnest, 56
Meet Earnest... I actively participated in the genocide of my own race. I am a black man who has achieved blackness in prison. I killed him on my 22nd birthday. My record accurately discloses that I acted with an unreasonable belief in self...
Edward, 43
Meet Edward... I have changed after the 12 years of being locked away, now I'm just angry because any longer is pointless. For 12 years I’ve sat in an Oregon prison with another 11 to go. I am given no chance to earn good time credits, which would...
Eric, 44
Meet Eric...My addictions not only defined me in ways which I was staggeringly unaware of. They established the boundaries of my life as well. Eric, 44Incarcerated: 21 yearsHoused: Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Pendleton, OR I was...
Gregory, 46
Meet Gregory... As I look back at the many times in my life where I should have met a certain death, I now know it was Jesus’ love and mercy that saved me from myself. I was the fourth and last child to be born to my 19-year-old mother. She had...
Ivie, 55
Meet Ivie... It’s a whole lot easier to forgive others than to forgive oneself. Housed: Bedford Hills, New York I am incarcerated for the death of two human beings. But in my heart I carry the loss and taking of three lives. That’s been really...
Jamsson, 31
Meet Jamsson... I made a few mistakes in my life but since my incarceration I have dedicated my life to becoming the leader I felt like I needed in my life. Housed: Sumter Correctional Institution, FL I made a few mistakes in my life but since my...
Jeffery, 59
“Life does not end by my coming to prison, there is a life other than mine to live for. That is my purpose behind writing now.“
Jeremy, 44
Meet Jeremy... It is never where you are from, but all about who you are. When I first arrived to prison I was amazed at all the negative things that people had to say about their cellmates. It didn’t matter the good, they always highlighted the...
Jose, 34
Meet Jose... I listened as my daughter babbled through the phone to string along a bunch of words, formulating her sentences and thoughts. I revisit that fateful summer night with each new milestone my daughter reaches, with each question she asks,...