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...
Dear FUEL Brothers and Sisters, My name is Harlan Bayard King. CDCR# C-75234, commitment date June 7th, 1982. I was 10 days past my 21st birthday when I fell. I am now 61. I spent 30 in CDCR before I interstate transferred to my home state of Oklahoma in 2012. My four...
I am in great hope that Senate Bill 94 will pass. This is my first time ever being in prison. But the sad part of it is that I've been locked up sine 1985 at the age of 25.1 am now 63. 64 in May. Please know in no way am I using excuses for anyone losing their life....
The most important part of my story is the memory of Mr. Diyet Dinh Vu, his family, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Alterman and their family, as well as the countless others I have victimized in my lifetime. They did not deserve to be treated in such a violent callous way and to...
Hello I am Carlos Contreras who wants to participate in your organization. I am part of the Redemption Row California-a Prison Project. I’ve heard promising support and efforts in helping us inmates to come home through legal activism. Plus, you allow our families to...
Hope is a Process by Nathaniel J. Criss How can I deliver hope to someone who has the sentence of life without parole? I quickly found the answer to this questions within my own life experience of having LWOP. Nobody "delivered" hope to me. I found it over a period of...
I want to first Thank You for taking the time out to read my story. My name is Kelsey A. Thomas, CDC number D-83629, and I was arrested in 1986, at the age of 28, for Robbery Murder. I was charged with First Degree Murder Special Circumstances, in 1986. In 1988, I was...
I am 54 years old & of Indigenous Tribal decent (Indian) and Cantonese Chinese. I have been incarcerated since 1987. I was 18 years old. I am serving “LOWP” sentence and am presently at Calipatria State Prison and am house on “D” yard, where many (most) of us...
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...
As a person serving LWOP my work did not begin as a way out prison. I began working towards change in order to live a more peaceful life filled with purpose. I could not imagine being someone who would be able to affect lives in a positive way, until I did. My work...