<p>Steven "Sparky" Czifra is an Underground Scholar at UC Berkeley and achieved his undergraduate degree there as well. Sparky was an inmate at Pelican State Prison and spent 8 years in solitary confinement. Today, Sparky is a husband and father to two children. He considers marvling at the ordinary a gift, and was interviewed by Oprah on 60-minutes about the detrimental impacts of solitary confinement in prisons. </p>

Steven "Sparky" Czifra is an Underground Scholar at UC Berkeley and achieved his undergraduate degree there as well. Sparky was an inmate at Pelican State Prison and spent 8 years in solitary confinement. Today, Sparky is a husband and father to two children. He considers marvling at the ordinary a gift, and was interviewed by Oprah on 60-minutes about the detrimental impacts of solitary confinement in prisons.

<p>Steven "Sparky" Czifra is an Underground Scholar at UC Berkeley and achieved his undergraduate degree there as well. Sparky was an inmate at&nbsp;Pelican State Prison and spent 8 years in solitary confinement. Today, Sparky is a husband and father to two children. He&nbsp;considers marvling at the ordinary a gift, and was interviewed by Oprah on 60-minutes about the detrimental impacts of solitary confinement in prisons.&nbsp;</p>

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