What I Am Doing Today I left Pelican Bay State Prison in August of 2023. There I helped organize and create the Community Garden program. I had been part of Pelican Bay's Garden Club since its inception in 2018. The Community Garden, however, grew fruit and vegetables...
My name is Joseph Castro. I’m twenty-eight years old, and I am currently in my 8th year of incarceration on a Life Without Parole sentence for murder. I was nineteen years old when the crime occurred and twenty years old when I was arrested. The victim’s name is Kelly...
My name is Dortell Williams In 1992, I was arrested for Conspiracy to Commit Murder. At the age of 23, I knew everything! I had never even read a book, yet you couldn't tell me a thing. The one thing that did stick, when I desperately approached my high school...
My name is Jemal Bernard and I am currently serving a sentence of Life Without the Possibility of Parole. I am a 48 year-old African-American male, a first termer, who has spent over half of my life in state prison. Unlike many of those who end up in the state prison...
Laurence Perry is a 51-year-old African American male who has served over 25 years on a life without the possibility of parole sentence. Born and raised in Compton California in the midst of the gang and drug cultures that permeated the bastion of poverty he witnessed...
THIS IS MY STORY My name is William Zeke Holmes and I'm 43 years old. I've been incarcerated for 20 years. When I was 22 years old I made the senseless choice to rob and murder Hakeem Bryant and Christopher Martin. Subsequently I was sentenced to (2) Life w/o the...