We received the phone call of Luis Gonzalez “Suave” from Graterford prison.
You´d probably don´t know but
• The majority of youth sentenced to life without parole are concentrated in just five states: California, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
• The majority of youth sentenced to life without parole are concentrated in just five states: California, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Pennsylvania.
• Children sentence to life in prison without parole are often the most vulnerable members of our society. Nearly 80 percent of juvenile lifers reported witnessing violence in their homes; more than half (54.1%) witnessed weekly violence in their neighborhoods.
. Philadelphia faces one of largest-scale reentry problems in the nation. Each year, tens of thousands of citizens return to the city from prison or jail.
“Suave” got into the prison when he has 16 years old. He is 43.
“Suave” hopes to be released this coming year … after a long ride these are some of his words before the radio program:
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Today under the rock I awake
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Today under the rock I awake
the shadows, forever mine to be
and my life lest than a second is
and in every moment , remorse my only pride
My constant companion, loneliness, and pain
I carry them with love, although not well,
and every slamming look I get, reminds me of my past
therefore, I pray to keep a while my mind.
El Ritmo de la Comunidad es dirigido por Fernando Mendez, con el apoyo de Victor M Negron Pedro Rodriguez, esta servidora, y en los controles Diego Gomez
