These profiles — excerpts from the Facing Life multimedia project — reflect the challenges facing thousands of former lifers in California struggling to build new lives.
The first time Jose Espinoza got arrested, his father told the police: “No, keep him there. I want him to learn a lesson.”
Jose remained an active gang member in prison. But in 2009, a birthday visit from his daughter changed his mindset forever. She told him: “I wish that when I blew out the candles and opened my eyes it was you on the other side of that cake.”“My heart don’t beat just for me, my heart beats for someone else. And that someone else wants to see me come home.” He began attending Alcoholics Anonymous classes, self-help groups and restorative justice circles.
He lived at a transitional home before staying with family members for a short period, eventually moving in with his fiancee, Sabrina Flores.
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