This powerful episode of Dying to Stay Here, host Chuck Cantrell sits down with Ray Goins, who shares his extraordinary journey from childhood trauma and systemic injustice to lengthy incarceration and, ultimately, transformation. Ray exposes how zero-tolerance school policies and the school-to-prison pipeline set Black youth on a path toward prisons instead of opportunity. Through raw storytelling, he reveals the reality inside California’s prison system, the impact of the carceral slave trade, and how love and resilience helped change his life’s direction. Tune in for an eye-opening conversation about mass incarceration, the cycle of injustice affecting Black communities, and the hope that comes from healing and reform. This is a difficult episode to watch, but it's essential to see it through to the end.