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Emiliano held his innocence for 30 years on a life sentence. He spent 13 of those years in Pelican Bay's notorious Security Housing Unit (SHU). During this time he began to pass his time by writing books. He's now free and a published author. Listen to his fascinating story of redemption and resilience.

Marine Lieutenant David Ballard who was in New York on 9/11 shares his story of active combat, being awarded the Silver Star, and his struggles of suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder PTSD while incarcerated.

Childhood struggles and pain lead Francisco Herrera into the Boxing Ring, where he learns to protect himself and fight. From the ring to the courtroom he fights for his life, freedom, and the love of his father.

Marco alvarado expresses what it's like to be living with cancer behind bars. how its affected him and his family. Also what it was like to be involved in the cancer walk at Corcoran prison.

Michael Markhasev shares how he is serving a life sentence without parole. The first 17 years of his  incarceration has lived under the prison in the shu at Corcoran.   Now through the rehabilitation programs he has been able to live in a lower security level.  He now is part of the mentership program and is able to help others!

Duke Charles shares his story of moving from New York to California, and how he went from a normal childhood, going to College playing sports, then ended up in one of the most violent prisons on the west coast, San Quentin's Death Row.

Charles Pritchett, former Military Sgt. Talks about reducing recidivism through military style discipline, physical training, combined with Rehabilitation and Educational classes component in prison "Boot Camp."

Bobby Arellano was born into a household of gang members. His parents and other family members were all  active gangs. So he ended up in gangs himself which ended him in prison at the age of 18 and still finds himself there at age 41. Listen to his story of how he was able to walk away from that lifestyle. 

Eddie Dutra talkes about how all his life he has been in and out of correctional facilities, from Youth Authorities to prison life. How making bad choices ended him in prison 7 times, after losing everything and hitting rock bottom he is making changes in his life to turn his life around.

Listen how a visit behind glass had a life changing affect on Alfred's life, which led to a turning point.

Ricardo Rubio shares his story how COVID-19 put him in a coma for two months and due to authorities believing he had overdosed in prison and would not survive asked his family to take him off life-support twice.

Listen to the remarkable story of how Terry Stephenson was ambushed in front of his family , shot in the head, and left for dead. How after being in a coma for months Doctors asked his family to pull the plug, and even after, gave no hope! Stephenson shares how he overcame the obstacles and regained his life back, how he learned to walk again and now continues to make changes while in prison.

Jesse Herrera shares how traumatic childhood experiences, addiction, and gangs led him to playing a game of Russian Roulette, which almost ended his life.

Change Talk Podcast hosted by Eric Estrada, takes listeners weekly into the darkest places within California's Juvenile and Adult prison system where men and women share stories about tragedy, guilt, remorse, and hope.  Welcome to the very first episode of the change Talk Podcast. In this podcast series Joseph Kekoa Manibusan talks about spending over 20 years on San Quentin's Death Row. How he has managed to have hope and turn his life around in spite of living in the darkest and morbid place of death row.