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Evaristo Salas Jr., convicted of murder at 15 and serving a 30-year sentence in adult prison, recounts his harrowing journey through the U.S. penal system, from survival in violent, racially segregated environments to his eventual break from gang life and personal transformation through e
Evaristo Salas Jr., convicted of murder at 15 and serving a 30-year sentence in adult prison, recounts his harrowing journey through the U.S. penal system, from survival in violent, racially segregated environments to his eventual break from gang life and personal transformation through e
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Evaristo Salas
narrative on What I survived
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People
Evaristo SalasJack LawrenceJose ArreolaDom Evans
Books
The Power of Nowby Eckhart Tolle
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ACAST
Topics
Criminal JusticeInequalityLong Form JournalismMental HealthPersonal FinanceRacial JusticeTrue Crime
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