SOLEDAD (KPIX) — For years, prisons were focused on punishment rather than rehabilitation. But now, a new approach explores the reasons they ended up behind bars in the first place.
Even after spending more than two decades bars, Terrance Ford still struggles with a life he calls hell.
“I wouldn’t wish this for anybody,” he said. “It’s meant to punish you psychologically and it does.”
Other than the prison yard, his entire world consists of a 6 by 10 cell, where days seem to blend together. The only connection to the outside is a tiny window that’s permanently sealed shut.
