Michael Re-Entry Return to Forever
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A chilling interview of a bother serving 14 consecutive years in prison preparing for his return to society. Many changes to face, many obstacles to overcome, however, his faith is the strong and steady support system of good friends, family, and faith helped him survive the physiological, physical, and mental parts of doing time.
Mike has shared with me in the past that you must learn how to do your time or the time does you. We need prison reform, we need to kame sure when brothers have paid their debts to society, they have at least a fair chance/opportunity to survive and potentially thrive in this newly emerging economy. Remember, American has incarcerated our best and our brightest "The Carceral State".
America has proven that Justice is BLind, Blind to the fact that 50% of young African and African American males are incarcerated, on probation, or have active warrants for their arrest. This is no coincidence, this is supreme design. We must fight to change a system that oppresses its children, destroys families, and continues to operate in denial.
These are our family members, our loved ones our friends our camping, fishing, biking, and hiking buddies, and most of all our future and current leaders. Respect the struggle, support the re-entry - Trust the process, these black and brown brothers want the same thing you want and are willing to work hard for it if given a chance. Blessing snd Peace to the brothers and sisters struggling to find their way home.
Remember to survive you must play Chess not checkers, think three moves ahead, reach out for support, no more penitentiary choices that's checkers, build businesses, love family even if they are resistant to your doing time is always lonely so I hear Celly in Celly out, mystery meat mustard only, J-pay, you miss birthdays, holidays, funerals and baby showers. We miss you, Mike, my brother, looking forward to your return.
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