by Pam Bailey | Jul 30, 2023
My name is Carlos Marcell Jackson. I was incarcerated when I was 21 years old for aiding and abetting a murder. I’m now 39; I’ve been in prison 18 years. A staff member in one of the prisons told me once that I could have done something with my life, and I often...
by Pam Bailey | Jul 23, 2023
I gave myself the name Emotional Poet because it reflects my prolific, God-given ability to articulate the unspoken words of my soul. Prior to my incarceration, I had no interest in poetry, perhaps because I didn’t really understand the concept or how it could factor...
by Pam Bailey | May 23, 2023
Angelo Daniels is one of approximately 600 D.C. residents who are eligible to petition for immediate release despite their indeterminate sentences, thanks to the District’s Second Look Amendment Act. His story portrays in very human terms both how individuals find...
by Pam Bailey | Feb 12, 2023
I am a 32-year-old Black man. Ten years ago, the car I was riding in hit a police officer on his scooter, breaking his leg. I’ve been in prison ever since, and I need your help to reunite with my son, my little “Fattman.” I was raised in a single-parent household in...
by Pam Bailey | Dec 18, 2022
During my son’s first birthday celebration, I was seated in a loathsome, cramped and filthy holding cell in the D.C. Superior Court, on trial to fight charges of armed kidnapping and first-degree murder of a street associate. I can vaguely recall hearing the lead...
