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Stories of Life in Solitary Confinement | Short Film Showcase


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they can either break or make you and
the brakes you know what you’re just
gonna just be broken physically and
mentally oh I haven’t seen a tree or
plant since since 2003 the only thing
that I seen is a spider in the corner
and I find them little bugs sometimes
then I feed the spider that’s about the
only closest thing to nature I have it’s
not to a point where you want to commit
suicide or some type of a point that we
won’t write to join sake just give me
the death penalty just give me a
definitely man
we’re in our cell twenty two and a half
hours a day and then re artists is brick
walls I’m not able to go out to a yard
you would other people if I’m not able
to see things around me by this trees
grass birds to talk to my family our
kids sunlight you had people in here
that’s been in solitary confinement
longer than I’ve been alive if you could
put in every emotion of the human spirit
of hopelessness pain agony hatred
frustration a sense of continuous
silently screaming all these emotions in
why you’re locked in this cage treated
like some animal most people wouldn’t
even treat an animal like that an animal
who was suffering pain they would take
them to the vet and get do something for
them I gotta take a lot of deep breaths
before I came in here just being around
people it’s it’s not an awkward it’s a
good feeling but it’s still an anxiety
feeling because I haven’t been tight
while I’m around I’m we’re all free
people I’m around regular people
this is a behavior modification
psychological a low-intensity warfare
against the mind of a human being
that’s what exists here at Pelican Bay
it’s the same thing day in and day out
it’s just psyching ourselves out to make
the best of the day it’s kind of robotic
and you just spoke to hundred guys today
the same thing I get up and do a little
imagine I get a rush might drink some
water brush my teeth and you know sell
town to see more towns why does the
floor the walls you do certain things
just to fill up that time or you can
hear the vent and you focus on it man
did I just hear a whisper in ER and the
person starts focusing on this little
noise because the noises and the vision
are the senses and that’s what we have
to constantly survive but if I had to
wonder look at I think that they came by
every half an hour I’d be seen in that
window yes I committed crime to come to
prison but don’t make the assumption
that my current situation here being
Pelican Bay issue is due to my
continuous criminal behavior because I
have grown that a long time ago
humankind has a history of ugliness in
humankind also has a history of beauty
it’s in all of us and you need laws to
have a society now go into chaos
ultimately people have the ability to
look at what is bad and good in a way
that is not insulting not aggressive
that with bullets
through psychology creating a better
understanding of each other everybody
deserves a chance thank you for taking
your time to hear my voice because our
voices are rarely here okay
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