After The Sentence

In Episode 2 of After the Sentence, “Before the Sentence,” I take a step back and share the story of who I was before incarceration. I reflect on my childhood, growing up between Buffalo, New York and Chester, South Carolina, and the experiences, relationships, trauma, choices, and influences that helped shape the young man I became.

This episode isn’t about making excuses for the choices I made. It’s about providing context and looking honestly at the journey that came before the sentence. To understand transformation, sometimes we have to understand where the journey began.

Who do we become after the sentence?

After The Sentence explores what happens after incarceration-and the journey of becoming who we are beyond our past. Hosted by Jalaal Peoples, The show uses personal stories and honest conversations to examine reentry, trauma, healing, family, education, employment, relationships, second chances and personal transformation. Through conversations with formerly incarcerated people, families, educators, and others touched by the justice system, After the sentence asks one central question: Who do we become after the sentence?