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Juvenile Freedom by Dre’Maris Jackson

Change / Growth, Freedom Dreams, Solutions

I want to introduce the public and the uninformed to the man known today as Dre’maris Jackson. As a young kid growing up on the eastside of Detroit, Michigan, I fancied after the older/negative guys around my neighborhood, wanting the flashy things in life. So who was...

Was I Sent to Prison to be Punished, or for Punishment? by Charles Sibert

Life in Prison, Memories, Solutions

My name is Charles Sibert Bey. In 1997, I was 18 years old when I took part in a plan to rob and murder the occupants of a drug house in the city of Detroit. My role was to be the gunman. I was a senior in high school and captain of the football team, with an above...

Understanding Incarceration by Romallis Colvin

Change / Growth, Life in Prison

Greetings! By the time this letter reaches you, I truly pray that you and your family are in the best of health, mentally as well as physically. I am writing to you on this day because I just read in a Michigan paper an article that touched on a subject that has been...

An Honest Conversation by Torrance Graham

Friendship, Life in Prison, Solutions

It has been 6,417 days since I have looked into a refrigerator. Allow me to save you the trouble of having to figure out how many years 6,417 days is. It’s 17 years and seven months. I know looking into a refrigerator is something most people do not think about, but...

The Heart of Forgiveness is Hard by Daniel Teribery

Change / Growth, Life in Prison

 I often wonder what my life would have been like if I had made just one small decision to alter my path away from the destruction and pain that I was going to cause. These words played over and over like a worn-out tape in my mind. For so many years it felt good...
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