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Wesley Leong was incarcerated at the age of 15 in 1996 at Pollsmoor Prison. He is currently part of Restore’s research and reintegration project.

<p>Scholars like Doran Larson and Vesla Mae Weaver are working to bring the writings of incarcerated men and women to light as valuable sources of insight not only on prison life but fundamental questions of freedom. </p>

Buoyed by a $2.3 million grant, the archive hopes increased visibility on the first-person accounts of incarcerated people can serve as a road map for policy reforms.

His victims son got a chance to confront him. >> i told him he could rot in jail as far as i could care less. >> with no chance of ever getting out, moore developed a reputation for extreme violence. >> i immediately adapted to prison survival. i entered holman in 1984. dont befriend nobody. dont trust nobody. only trust your knife. i had three stabbing cases, multiple fights. i had this attitude, probably for like 16 or 17 years out of 24 years that ive been in prison, ive done at least 15 in s...

>> moore was sentenced to life without parole and spared the death penalty. his victims son got a chance to confront him. >> i told him he could rot in jail as far as i could care less. >> with no chance of ever getting out, moore developed a reputation for extreme violence. >> i immediately adapted to prison survival. i entered holman in 1984. dont befriend nobody. dont trust nobody. only trust your knife. i had three stabbing cases, multiple fights. i had this attitude, probably for like 16 or...

>> i told him he could rot in jail as far as i could care less. >> with no chance of ever getting out, moore developed a reputation for extreme violence. >> i immediately adapted to prison survival. i entered holman in 1984. dont befriend nobody. dont trust nobody. only trust your knife. i had three stabbing cases, multiple fights. i had this attitude, probably for like 16 or 17 years out of 24 years that ive been in prison, ive done at least 15 in se regular investigation and i was like living ...

>> with no chance of ever getting out, moore developed a reputation for extreme violence. >> i immediately adapted to prison survival. when i entered holman in 1984, youre told, dont befriend nobody. dont trust nobody. only trust your knife. i had three stabbing cases, multiple fights. i had this attitude, probably for like 16 or 17 years out of 24 years that ive been in prison, ive done at least 15 in se regular investigation and i was like living in a dead end until my daughter gave me a wake-...

Jail as far as i could care less. >> with no chance of ever getting out, moore developed a reputation for extreme violence. >> i immediately adapted to prison survival. i entered holman in 1984. dont befriend nobody. dont trust nobody. only trust your knife. i had three stabbing cases, multiple fights. i had this attitude, probably for like 16 or 17 years out of 24 years that ive been in prison, ive done at least 15 in segregation and i was like living in a dead end until my daughter gave me a w...

>> i told him he could rot in jail as far as i could care less. >> with no chance of ever getting out, moore developed a reputation for extreme violence. >> i immediately adapted to prison survival. i entered holman in 1984. dont befriend nobody. dont trust nobody. only trust your knife. i had three stabbing cases, multiple fights. i had this attitude, probably for like 16 or 17 years out of 24 years that ive been in prison, ive done at least 15 in segregation, and i was like living in a dead en...

Police who picked up moore at a nearby hotel a few hours later. >> put me in the police car, take me to the county jail, read me my rights, tell me what im charged with. im charged with capital murder. youre going to get the electric chair. were going to kill you for taking a life of some woman, a white woman. youre going to pay for it. >> moore was sentenced to life without parole and spared the death penalty. his victims son got a chance to confront him. >> i told him he could rot in jail as f...