The interviewee discusses some of the violence and threats of violence he experienced moving from juvi to adult prison.

The interviewee discusses how he learned to deal with the violence in prison.

The interviewee describes the constant undertone of violence in prison.

The interviewee describes how is life is limited in the reentry process.

Interviewee recounts the acceptance he felt from being in a gang and how his main job within the gang had him in survival mode.

The interviewee describes the fear he felt going into prison and the sorrow he felt having to leave his family. He describes what things were like in prison.

The interviewee describes the extreme levels of violence and racism in San Quentin.

The interviewee describes an attempted abduction by a white man in the Jim Crow south and his desire to move away.

The interviewee describes two women he loved, how those relationships ended with prison, his crime and the early period of his incarceration.

The interviewee describes some of the tricks and tactics he had for surviving away from home as a young man.

The interviewee describes his crime of commitment for his life sentence.

Interviewee describes COVID conditions in the prison and how he adjusted to life in a pandemic after getting released.