There are far too few re entry services for anyone who gets out of prison. Ben says that people who entered prison as children didn't have a chance to learn to live in the outside world as adults. Een manuel also entered into an intensive therapy programme. To day, he lives in brooklyn and is doing all he can to enjoy it. He has written a memoir called, my time will come. It's called, My story has been told many times. You can read it and police files and court records. But to day i would like to try to tell it to you myself. This pride month we celebrate the movers and the shakers,. We stand with those
"The phone rang and rang and a lady picked up on the other end and I still remember the operator saying, 'You have a collect call from Ian for Debbie. Will you accept the charges?' And I remember Debbie saying, 'Yes, I accept.' And I just remember blurting out, 'Ms. Baigrie, I just called to wish you and your family a merry Christmas and to apologize for shooting you.'" At 14 years old, Ian Manuel was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, and spent an estimated 18 years in solitary confinement. Today, he tells his story.
His book is My Time Will Come.
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