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E.D.H. is a poet who was raised in Compton in Los Angeles. He is currently incarcerated in Calipatria, California. He has asked to be published under his nickname.
Mingle, laugh, talk and greet family, loved ones, good friends and family associates.
Then, at the right moment, everything gets serious.
A true underdog is the person that nobody has faith in and everyone thinks is a loser. I know this because I have been one since birth.
While I support those protesting police killing Black men, I request that efforts also be made to address the many obstacles we face once behind bars.
When inmates get COVID-19 inside the prison, we don’t get special treatment or ventilators. We sit in a cell on our deathbed, while a nurse comes and checks our temperature daily.
