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WELCOME TO THE VISITING ROOM PROJECT

You’re about to enter "The Visiting Room," the starting point for exploring the
site. First, watch this introductory animation narrated by Visiting Room
contributor Terry Pierce for an overview of the project.

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"I definitely can say that my life has been extraordinarily changed by some
extraordinary people from in prison."
HAYWARD JONES
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"I definitely can say that my life has been extraordinarily changed by some
extraordinary people from in prison."
HAYWARD JONES
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"When you been sentenced to a life sentence, your family - if they love you -
they do day for day."
VASHON KELLY
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"When you been sentenced to a life sentence, your family - if they love you -
they do day for day."
VASHON KELLY
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"I mean, you have to believe in the right thing."
KENNETH WOODBURN
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"I mean, you have to believe in the right thing."
KENNETH WOODBURN
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"When I turned down that 20 mile stretch road, I felt the fear... When I got to
that front gate, I was drenched in sweat."
PATRICK JOHNSON
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"When I turned down that 20 mile stretch road, I felt the fear... When I got to
that front gate, I was drenched in sweat."
PATRICK JOHNSON
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"I'm not my worst mistake, which, my worst mistake was the thing that led me
here. And I tell myself that every day."
PATRICK LUCIEN
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"I'm not my worst mistake, which, my worst mistake was the thing that led me
here. And I tell myself that every day."
PATRICK LUCIEN
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"I talked with my little grandson. I see that he’s kind of shy, you know? He
like I was when I was young, kind of shy."
WALTER REED
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"I talked with my little grandson. I see that he’s kind of shy, you know? He
like I was when I was young, kind of shy."
WALTER REED
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"I don't want you to make me comfortable here... I want you to make me feel that
I need to get out of here. I need, I need to get out of here at all times. So, I
wanna make my bed as tough as possible, you know?"
BERNELL JULUKE
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"I don't want you to make me comfortable here... I want you to make me feel that
I need to get out of here. I need, I need to get out of here at all times. So, I
wanna make my bed as tough as possible, you know?"
BERNELL JULUKE
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"My grandfather, who was in his 70s, was my childhood friend... You would see
us, you would see this old man sitting down in the dirt and playing with this
little kid. And we were inseparable."
DARYL WATERS
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"My grandfather, who was in his 70s, was my childhood friend... You would see
us, you would see this old man sitting down in the dirt and playing with this
little kid. And we were inseparable."
DARYL WATERS
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"I'm told that my double-chocolate cake is awesome."
TERRENCE GUY
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"I'm told that my double-chocolate cake is awesome."
TERRENCE GUY
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"I may not be able to go to the Himalayas and see Everest, but I can still have
a life of the mind."
LAWSON STRICKLAND
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"I may not be able to go to the Himalayas and see Everest, but I can still have
a life of the mind."
LAWSON STRICKLAND
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"Somebody who says, 'I want to be buried at Angola' - that’s the saddest part of
what a life sentence does to you."
JEFFREY HILBURN
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"Somebody who says, 'I want to be buried at Angola' - that’s the saddest part of
what a life sentence does to you."
JEFFREY HILBURN
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"I’ve been here longer than I’ve been with my family, so, sometime I question
where I’m from... "
TERRY WEST
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"I’ve been here longer than I’ve been with my family, so, sometime I question
where I’m from... "
TERRY WEST
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"Working at a hospital around dying people... It gave me a purpose. It gave me a
purpose, and showed me a different side. Yeah, a compassionate side."
JACK SEGURA
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"Working at a hospital around dying people... It gave me a purpose. It gave me a
purpose, and showed me a different side. Yeah, a compassionate side."
JACK SEGURA
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"When I first got incarcerated, I didn’t allow my family to come up here for,
like, the first 7 years."
KENDRICK FISHER
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"When I first got incarcerated, I didn’t allow my family to come up here for,
like, the first 7 years."
KENDRICK FISHER
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"If I have to die here, I appreciate this opportunity to be able to let my voice
be heard. Where, this level of inconsideration can really just be looked at. And
that's what it is, it's just not being considered."
ARTHUR CARTER
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"If I have to die here, I appreciate this opportunity to be able to let my voice
be heard. Where, this level of inconsideration can really just be looked at. And
that's what it is, it's just not being considered."
ARTHUR CARTER
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"I helped tear the New Orleans area down, 'cause of my ignorance at that time
and the lack of hope. And I want to go back and be one of the guys to put some
of the bricks back in that wall."
DONAHUE SMITH
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"I helped tear the New Orleans area down, 'cause of my ignorance at that time
and the lack of hope. And I want to go back and be one of the guys to put some
of the bricks back in that wall."
DONAHUE SMITH
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"He was off into the Lord, and he was trying to talk to me about the Lord, and I
didn't really want to hear nothing about the Lord, you know?"
JIMMY ROBINSON
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"He was off into the Lord, and he was trying to talk to me about the Lord, and I
didn't really want to hear nothing about the Lord, you know?"
JIMMY ROBINSON
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"I guess I was growing up a little too fast, started growing up a little too...
Taking on a role as of a caregiver."
ALVIN CATCHINGS
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"I guess I was growing up a little too fast, started growing up a little too...
Taking on a role as of a caregiver."
ALVIN CATCHINGS
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"When I got locked up, my twins were eight months old. And that was the last
time I saw 'em since."
ARCHIE TYNER
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"When I got locked up, my twins were eight months old. And that was the last
time I saw 'em since."
ARCHIE TYNER
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"Ask yourself: when you was 16,17 years old, are you the same person? Do you
even think the same way you did now? No. That's human nature. People change."
THEORTRIC GIVENS
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"Ask yourself: when you was 16,17 years old, are you the same person? Do you
even think the same way you did now? No. That's human nature. People change."
THEORTRIC GIVENS
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"See, like I said, I've been here all my life."
SAMMIE ROBINSON
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"See, like I said, I've been here all my life."
SAMMIE ROBINSON
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"Everything that I miss now and that I want, everything I could possibly dream
of having, I already had it. Just being able to be home to spend time with my
family... Just to be home."
JARROD LANCLOW
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"Everything that I miss now and that I want, everything I could possibly dream
of having, I already had it. Just being able to be home to spend time with my
family... Just to be home."
JARROD LANCLOW
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"I think it was a strong possibility I could've wound up with a barber shop."
ANTHONY HINGLE
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"I think it was a strong possibility I could've wound up with a barber shop."
ANTHONY HINGLE
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"Is there such a thing as mercy? You know, is there such a thing as
forgiveness?"
DARWIN WILLIE
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"Is there such a thing as mercy? You know, is there such a thing as
forgiveness?"
DARWIN WILLIE
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"When I came, I realized, as soon as I got off the bus I was like 'Whoa! Where
am I?' Like I got kidnapped and placed on a plantation or somethin'. "
GORDON NEWMAN
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"When I came, I realized, as soon as I got off the bus I was like 'Whoa! Where
am I?' Like I got kidnapped and placed on a plantation or somethin'. "
GORDON NEWMAN
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"I just pray, I really get down and pray and ask God, you know, not to let me
die here."
EDBERT SIMMONS
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"I just pray, I really get down and pray and ask God, you know, not to let me
die here."
EDBERT SIMMONS
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"I usually, try to avoid that conversation... Because, I don't know, it makes me
feel like less of a human."
JEFFREY NELSON
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"I usually, try to avoid that conversation... Because, I don't know, it makes me
feel like less of a human."
JEFFREY NELSON
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"I love planting flowers. I can tell you what soil, what flowers, what's needed.
Annuals, perennials, what's needed to be planted this season, that season and
any other season."
KUANTAY REEDER
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"I love planting flowers. I can tell you what soil, what flowers, what's needed.
Annuals, perennials, what's needed to be planted this season, that season and
any other season."
KUANTAY REEDER
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"I also remember what crack cocaine did to my neighborhood. It did what
seventeen Katrinas couldn’t do, and it made it a ghost town."
WALTER GOODWIN
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"I also remember what crack cocaine did to my neighborhood. It did what
seventeen Katrinas couldn’t do, and it made it a ghost town."
WALTER GOODWIN
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"When I arrived at Angola, I went to a camp that’s abandoned now. That same
camp, one of the towers they sent to the African American Smithsonian Museum.
That’s how long I been here."
RAYMOND FLANK
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"When I arrived at Angola, I went to a camp that’s abandoned now. That same
camp, one of the towers they sent to the African American Smithsonian Museum.
That’s how long I been here."
RAYMOND FLANK
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"I can get away at times. You know, like, that area out there on that yard, is
so large and wide. That’s the best thing for me."
TERRY PIERCE
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"I can get away at times. You know, like, that area out there on that yard, is
so large and wide. That’s the best thing for me."
TERRY PIERCE
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"I started tutoring guys, older guys that couldn’t even write their names, you
know? And I started feeling a self worth."
JEROME DERRICKS
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"I started tutoring guys, older guys that couldn’t even write their names, you
know? And I started feeling a self worth."
JEROME DERRICKS
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"I was a young teenager in a grown man world. I was confused; I was scared."
DARNELL CRAFT
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"I was a young teenager in a grown man world. I was confused; I was scared."
DARNELL CRAFT
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"It's actually a death sentence. It's a slow death."
HANNIBAL STANFIELD
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"It's actually a death sentence. It's a slow death."
HANNIBAL STANFIELD
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"It's sad, I had my two uncles here, and my dad, and, I'm like, 'This is where
all the family male subjects supposed to come and go through? You know, I mean,
when that cycle gonna break?'"
FRANK GREEN
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"It's sad, I had my two uncles here, and my dad, and, I'm like, 'This is where
all the family male subjects supposed to come and go through? You know, I mean,
when that cycle gonna break?'"
FRANK GREEN
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