This is my first time for anything like this so bear with me.
I've been in prison for 5 1/2 years and discovered that i had a talent for writing and academia.  Without going into all the gory details i feel as if i have a bright and rewarding future in Criminology.

I have been a prison Listener and Mentor and I feel that my rants and raves are of no consequence when compared to some of the men i have met over the years.

I met a lady at a Howard League for Penal Reform meeting at HMP Brixton in 2007, her daughter killed herself in Prison and this lady then took her own life in 2008 at her daughters graveside.

Prison kills, prison does not do what it says on the tin and it should not be like this. Prison should be an opportunity for one to turn ones life around. I have done this and i intend to tell everyone and anyone of my experience in the "HOPE" that they might read one sentence of my story, relate to it and do something about it.

I'm making small steps and paying the price.  Some do not like or cannot understand change.  It is inevitable.  The merry dance, we must, but in "HOPE" we trust, without it we're dust.

please tell me where to go if you like, but at the end of the day, lock em up and throw away the key works, until it happens to someone you love.  Remember nearly all prison, like life, is only temporary.

It may be while before i can do this again.

Happy New Year

Michael