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My Shawshank Redemption The prison system is broken. But the Honor Program works. Save it. By Dortell Williams

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

My Shawshank Redemption The prison system is broken. But the Honor Program works. Save it. By Dortell Williams from the November 10, 2008 edition Lancaster, Calif. - Next September will mark my 20th year in jail. It is not an anniversary I'm particularly proud of. I was convicted of murder and hopelessly sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. When I arrived at the infamous Pelican Bay Prison, I was shocked right out of my criminal-minded circuit of stupidity. The flow of in-house narcotics profits didn't appeal to me anymore. My drug-dealing days had already brought me to terrestrial hell. Like the majority of prisoners on the yard, I just wanted to do my time as trouble-free as possible. I simply wanted to build on the better part of me, redeem whatever part of me was possible...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).