I HAVE BEEN IN PRISON for more than 30 years. When I came to prison, the corrections goal was isolation, retribution, and punishment. In the past decade, the mission changed to rehabilitation.

I have taken every self-help program I need. I have college degrees. I have helped start self-help groups and I even helped create a plan to reform the entire prison system in California, with a group I co-founded called The People In Blue.

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