Collected Item: “Philip Melendez Oral History, 2020/07/24”
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Philip Melendez Oral History 2020/07/24
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oral history interview
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Philip Melendez was born and raised in Sacramento, California. His interactions with the police began in high school. He later committed a crime and served almost twenty years in prison. He was released from prison a few years ago and now works for Restore Justice, a California based non-profit, focused on criminal justice reform. Now married, with three grown children, he discusses his thoughts on the criminal justice system, reform, and the impact of COVID-19 on the incarcerated population within the United States, specifically California.
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incarceration, prison, pandemic, criminal justice, oral history, lifer, violence, social distance
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Chris Twing
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2020-07-24