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The California Prison Parole Scheme Bridges to Freedom Fifth Edition (2019) One Man’s Journey to Being Found Suitable for Parole Written By: James Leland DeBacco This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical- NoDerivs 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creative commons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, Sa n Francisco, California, 94105, USA. “Copyright (c) 2019 by James Leland DeBacco. This work is made available under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license, http//creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/.” Forward Bridges to Freedom (B2F) is an equal opportunity publication. This book does not discriminate on any level and is written with the purpose of encouraging all lifers and non- life prisoners, regardless of their custody designation or prison/institution location, to work hard at being found suitable for parole. I was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to a prison term of 17-years-to-life with the possibility of parole. After 26 years and five parole hearings (Sub. 4 hearing), I was found suitable for parole by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Board of Parole Hearings, on December 12, 2018. My hearing lasted five hours and fifteen minutes. Following my last hearing (Sub. 3 hearing) on May 30, 2017, I received a 3-year denial of parole and reached a point in my life where I firmly embraced that the only person who could get me out of my situation was me. At my fifth hearing (12/12/2018), my state appointed attorney just was there to ensure correct process and she was helpful for that. I went in being totally honest. No performing, no trying to say what I thought the commissioners wanted me to say, no trying to guess the correct answer, no hiding or evading stuff, no relying on the basis I wrote Bridges to Freedom, no intellectualizing and over-explaining. I simply told my story as it was. They asked about everything (childhood and teenage years, lifestyle factors leading up to the life crime, my history of criminal behavior, gangbanging in prison and more). I was able to explain not only what I did but why I did it. I credited the Valley State Prison and the many therapeutic self- help and therapy programs that are available. I showed how these programs (Journey to Wellness, SAGG, PTSD/Developmental Trauma Therapy group program, etc..) provided me with deeper insight into my abusive childhood and how my lack of self-esteem, my anger, and other emotions led me to do what I did. In the hearing, I really had to show and talk about my emotions. Valley State Prison made the difference. Victims identified in this book are fictional. No attempt has been made to re-harm actual victims. This book is informative and instructional to the degree that I have learned to overcome my barriers to being found suitable for parole. Any reference to living or deceased victims is unintentional. In the days leading up to the hearing, my wife and I just agreed that I had done all the preparing in the prison programs for my hearing, so I didn’t need to do any special preparation apart from my parole plans. Overall, it really was a case of who I was in the hearing that became the sum total of everything that brought me to being found suitable for parole. That’s it. I did the hard work during the past 12 months at Valley State Prison. The self-work and therapy entailed lots of tears and sharp realizations. My wife did a lot of listening on the telephone and in our visits over the last 12 months and fourteen plus years we have been together. What it came down to is I had to humble myself and be authentic. The point here is reward comes from hard work. It takes determination, guts, preparation, planning and living your remorse. Being found suitable for parole after all these years, is a remarkable achievement. The bottom line here is, if it is possible for me – it is possible for you. Give yourself the pleasure and joy of exploring your own life. With each step you take, I wish you well on your journey over the bridges to freedom. Remorse in action, James L. DeBacco Dedication This book is dedicated to my wife Kim. Thank you for the seconds, minutes, hours, days and years, you have stood by my side – never losing hope - holding my heart with your love. This book is also dedicated to the wives, husbands, significant others, and family members who live with hope that one day their loved one will return home too… Moreover, I would like to dedicate this book to the Village - without all of you I would not have gained the insight and knowledge to be found suitable for parole. Special Thanks: I would first like to like to begin by thanking all the men and women who have been on this journey with me. Without each and every one of you, I would not have found the strength to live my life free. I would also like to acknowledge the friendships of the many people who have made this edition possible. To CC-II, E. Alva, thank you for giving me the gift and opportunity to work with the VSP-YOP. This book would not be possible without you. To my current Supervisors J. Montoya, Lt., Inmate Assignments, Ms. Diane, and Ms. Solis, thank you for granting me the access and privilege to work in the “swamp.” To all my Veteran friends in Pod 24 (Eric, Zeke, Jose, Jeff, Marty and Robert), thank you for all your encouragement. To my special friends and brothers, Jack, Franklin D., Johnny C., Serpa, Jeff Roberts (a Yoda in his own right), Joey G., Steve B., Graham, T. Whiteside, Jackie Henderson, Miguel Cardenas, Mike R., and my buddy Frank (thanks for the coffee! ☺) and all the lifers who have never lost hope. To Vanessa Nelson, Life Support Alliance, Geri Silva, Fair Chance Project, Scott Budnick, Anti- Recidivism Coalition, Jared Rudolph, Esq., Prisoner’s Reentry Network, thank for the tireless work you do for all prisoners and helping me to reach a state of parole suitability. To my distant YOP friends: Robert Sandoval, Edwin, Mitch, and all the Re-entry SUDTP counselors at ISP-FAC B., thank you for the meaningful moments of reflection and feedback in my efforts to reach understanding in my life. Thank you, Sara, Joe, and CC-III McMillian, for all your inspiration and words of valued wisdom. To all my friends and co-workers in VSP Fac. B Program (you know who you are) thank for making it possible for me to use your computers. To Mr. Dix and the VSP Media Center, Ms. C. Storey, Complex-I, OT, Ms. D. Johnson, VSP Librarian, thank you for providing me with the opportunity to print my book and guiding me in the challenges that lay ahead. To Dr. M. Hurtado, the work you provide the men in the developmental trauma/PTSD and Mind, Body, Spirit workshops are invaluable and helped me immensely in being able to evolve my freedom. I would also like to thank my extended Australian family. Michael, thank you for your support and the deep wisdom you instilled in me at our visit. Gill, thank you for all the kind words and support you have shown me from the beginning. To all the Aussie friends who continue to support Kim and me, thank you! To the special friends I have come to know and appreciate over the years, Lisa, Antoinette, the Fuscos, Sally, Kshanti, Roshi, and countless others who have offered me a kind word, a healthy smile, and glimpse into the future. My visions of life would be stunted in part, if not for you. Affirmation of Freedom I am free. I was never promised an easy life, and I have not lived one. I am free. The bonds that confine me physically, do not define me internally. I am free. The situations around me, do not dictate my choices to be free. I am free. Only I have the power to see myself in the moment, for who I truly am. I am free; I openly embrace the challenges of life, on my path… to human understanding. James Leland DeBacco Table of Contents Chapter One: The Journey Begins…………………………………………………. 1 Chapter Two: Analyzing Your hearing Readiness…………………………. 20 Chapter Three: Defending Victim’s Rights and You………………………. 44 Chapter Four: Honoring Victims and Survivors…………………………….. 73 Chapter Five: Insight - The Door to You……………………………………….. 91 Chapter Six: Analyzing Risk to Reoffend ………………………………………. 117 Chapter Seven: Cultivating Pro-Social Plans…………………………………. 153 Chapter Eight: Emerging from a Denial of Parole………………………… 168 Chapter Nine: Remorse in Action…………………………………………………. 185 Bridges to Freedom 1 Chapter One The Journey Begins Introduction he path to achieve freedom beyond restraint, is not easy and often very challenging when locked up behind prison walls. A particular challenge lies within the lifer T population. Loose estimations project that half the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), prison population are life term offenders. Of the population of life term offenders, it can be further estimated that eighty-five percent of lifers are term to life prisoners with the possibility of parole. Considering that my figures are pure estimation and I have no actual data to support my beliefs, a more accurate assessment can probably be found within the steady work of volunteers and past lifers at the Life Support Alliance (LSA) program.
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