you re not going to be there by yourself, right? no. who s going to be with you? the superintendent at spring creek. what yeah. the warden? yeah. the warden is the warden. nobody trusts and likes the warden, by definition. what do you what s present here? i don t want to be the warden. i don t want to be the warden. i want to be the mayor of a community. and communities fix their own problems. obviously it s working because this is probably one of the most important moments of joshua s life, and he wants you to be sitting right next to him. that s pretty extraordinary. yeah, it s humbling, for sure. it s going to be nerve-racking, but get in there and let her have hers because like you said originally, this is all about her. it is. it s all about her. i m there for you. i appreciate that. do what you got to do. yes, sir. how are you feeling about the whole thing? i m a little nervous, but i
thanks for having me here. appreciate you. thanks for coming. how do you feel about the fact this is the first victim/offender dialogue ever to happen with adults locked up in alaska? it s great. it s great that they re doing this. and it shows that the department of corrections here is pretty open and willing to do something new and more effective. when it goes really well, what happens? there s healing, you know, people are lighter. the thing with crime is it creates a lot of shame, and the restorative justice, when people sit together and they can share humanity alleviates that shame. you know, it s a way of addressing it. what about joshua? i mean, he s very early in his journey.
i think he is clean, and that s really important to terria that he be sober or she didn t want to do it, and i agree. what do you think terria wants to communicate to joshua? she has hope that he can rehabilitate. i think she believes if she can somehow divert him there the path he was on, you know, in some way she s making some meaning out of the loss of her son. you re not going to be there by yourself, right? no. who s going to be with you? the superintendent at spring creek. what yeah. the warden? yeah. the warden is the warden. nobody trusts and likes the warden, by definition. what do you what s present here. i don t want to be the warden. i don t want to be the warden. i want to be the mayor of a community. and communities fix their own problems. obviously working because this is probably one of the most important moments of joshua s
do you feel like he s ready for something like this? well, i come from the perspective that each of us are the best expert of our own life. he s 33 years old, and he s pretty much said to me he was sick and tired of being sick and tired. you know, doing drugs. is he clean and sober? i mean, has he relapsed? what s your understanding? my understanding is that he has had relapses in prison, but i think he is clean, and that s really important to terria that he be sober or she didn t want to do it, and i agree. what do you think terria wants to communicate to joshua? she has hope that he can rehabilitate. i think she believes if she can somehow divert him from the path he was on, you know, in some way she s making some meaning out of the logs of her son.
he s the guy who s responsible for the death of christopher. joshua s been in and out of prison his whole life, and right now he s serving a 60-year sentence. and i m here to know why he would even agree to meet with terria, given the fact it s not going to get him any shorter sentences. he s going to be there for a long time, regardless. what s up, man? how you doing, sir? good to meet you. good to meet you, sir. thanks for making time for me. appreciate it. tell me about growing up. i bet your dad didn t have any face tattoos. no. no. tell me about your dad. my dad is a good man.