Kimberly Joynes, "You have come to a point where you believe goodness feels better than the pain you have endured"

Charles Diggs "Hope, the echo in my brain, keeps me stimulated"

Craig Datesman, "Meeting with the victim's family was the best thing"

Marilyn Dobrolenski, "Getting through one day at a time"

Commer Glass, "This is our community, but it's not our home"

Brian Wallace, "I always believed I was getting out, I just didn't know when"

Marie Scott, "You aren't the only one being punished, your family is too"

Ricardo Mercado, "People care, you just have to cross paths with them"

Betty Heron, "I've always felt like a tightrope walker"

Bruce Norris, "I've learned that no matter where you are, you always have to give back"

Yvonne Cloud, "I took a life, now I try to save lives"

Joseph Miller, "I pray every day for the victim and his family"

Aaron Fox, "You have to have a dream in life"

Diane Weaver, "I'm running out of things to do"

Bruce Bainbridge, "I struggle with keeping my humanity"

Hugh Williams, "Everything we do has a purpose"

Harry Twiggs, "We can draw from the first life and see our mistakes"

Gaye Morley, "Seeking that inner peace"

Kevin Mines, "It's part of my spirit to help people"

James Taylor, "I was in a prison of my own mind"

Cyd Berger, "If you let your crime define you, you will never see your potential"

John Frederick Nole, "The meaning of life is to try to live it to its fullest, regardless of where you're at", "This is like the first fruit that I've ever had, and it's quite delicious"

Life sentences : trauma, race, and restorative justice / by Barb Toews.