After nearly 33 years in prison — and over two decades in solitary confinement — Jack Powers
embarks on the first day of his new life. 13 min video. But worth your time.
Link to NY Times video here.
Moved…
Notes:
- Backstory on Jack Powers: Voice From Solitary: The Freedom I Feel in My Heart and Mind (Solitary Watch, April 10, 2018)
- Thank you Rachel for sharing the video.
Live & Learn 
Thanks for posting this, David. I couldn’t get to the Time’s article, but found this from the Colorado Independent, which evidently was involved in the civil lawsuit that got Jack out of solitary.
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2013/11/28/finally-out-and-among-the-living/
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Thanks Debra. It’s a link to video, and not an article. I hadn’t known the back sorry so appreciate you sharing the story!
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22 years in Solitary confinement seems unreal and unworthy. But I guess there’s a bigger story. Sad we let murderers out and do this to a bank robber- not saying that either one is better or worse but we are certainly lenient with shooters and people who kill other people.
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100% agree Jan!
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Thanks very much for this Dave. Very powerful. Deeply moving.
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So agree Simon. I too was deeply moved.
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I watched all of this. Amazing to see the joy in his expression and hear the excitement in his voice.
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I know Brenda. So moving. With you. Had same reaction.
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heart-rending. and he still saw the beauty in the world.
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Yes. You could feel that in this video.
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I’ll watch the video later but did read up on his backstory.. horrendous abuse. I wonder if it would help him heal if he knew how much he has suffered in common with Christ.
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Painful to read that backstory…. Agree.
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I am unable to open the video link.
All this, because he robbed a bank?
He expresses himself beautifully…
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Search title on NY Times and try go direct. He does.
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Dear God!
Just watched the video. There’s so much to say here, but this is not the place for it.
1. How does one go about their normal day after watching this?
2. His Mom & Dad….
There’s a Mahmoud Darwish poem, sung beautifully by Marcel Khalife,
“I love my life, because if I die, I fear my mother’s tears.”
I’m searching and searching. Unless I’m missing something, he didn’t kill anyone. Please correct me if I’m wrong
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I searched too. I couldn’t find anything about him killing anyone.
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This is not ok 😔
I wish him a life full of Life going further.
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