{"id":36658,"date":"2023-01-27T08:01:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T08:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/27\/most-people-in-new-york-prisons-are-now-from-upstate-not-nyc\/"},"modified":"2023-01-27T08:01:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T08:01:28","slug":"most-people-in-new-york-prisons-are-now-from-upstate-not-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjstudents.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/27\/most-people-in-new-york-prisons-are-now-from-upstate-not-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"Most people in New York prisons are now from upstate, not NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - &quot;We're taught to survive': Juma Samson on mass incarceration's effects on families, youth\">\n<div class=\"gnt_em_vp_w\" data-g-r=\"vp_tp\" data-c-vt=\"teal\" data-t-pl=\"teal-hero\"><button class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__tp_a\" data-g-r=\"vp_ap vp_tg\" data-c-vpattrs=\"{&quot;muted&quot;:true,&quot;bContent&quot;:false,&quot;an&quot;:&quot;ny-rochester-C1070&quot;,&quot;pn&quot;:&quot;Democrat and Chronicle&quot;,&quot;vidNum&quot;:1,&quot;docking&quot;:true}\" data-c-vpdata=\"{&quot;adsEnabled&quot;:true,&quot;awsPath&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;byline&quot;:&quot;Robert Bell&quot;,&quot;canonicalURL&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;contentSourceCode&quot;:&quot;PROC&quot;,&quot;createDate&quot;:&quot;2023-01-25T19:24:10Z&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Robert Bell, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle&quot;,&quot;duration&quot;:302000,&quot;headline&quot;:&quot;&quot;We're taught to survive': Juma Samson on mass incarceration's effects on families, youth&quot;,&quot;hlsURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hlsmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/1982ec22-2954-4842-9ad5-8a1f4ccdfdbc\/825ca77f-31e0-4cad-9f9d-324816855477\/1080p_30fps,720p_30fps,480p_30fps,master.m3u8?subtitles=11075415002&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;11075415002&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/17\/PROC\/d72233be-eadc-402f-b246-ee75f5620748-DSC04296-2.jpg&quot;,&quot;opto&quot;:true},&quot;initialPublishDate&quot;:&quot;2023-01-25T19:24:10Z&quot;,&quot;keywords&quot;:&quot;Rochester, NY&quot;,&quot;mp4URL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/downloadmedia.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/video-renditions\/1982ec22-2954-4842-9ad5-8a1f4ccdfdbc\/825ca77f-31e0-4cad-9f9d-324816855477\/1080p_30fps.mp4&quot;,&quot;origin&quot;:&quot;Rochester Democrat and Chronicle&quot;,&quot;pageURL&quot;:{&quot;long&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.democratandchronicle.com\/videos\/news\/2023\/01\/25\/juma-samson-mass-incarcerations-effects-families-youth\/11075415002\/&quot;},&quot;promoBrief&quot;:&quot;Juma Sampson spent 25 years in prison. In this conversation, he shares his story and his thoughts on mass incarceration.&quot;,&quot;propertyName&quot;:&quot;Rochester&quot;,&quot;publishDate&quot;:&quot;2023-01-25T19:24:10Z&quot;,&quot;series&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;ssts&quot;:{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;subsection&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;topic&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;subtopic&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;tags&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3d36a95a-1db4-47ea-b606-055a3f4293e8&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Rochester, NY&quot;}],&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Juma Samson on mass incarceration's effects on families, youth&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;\/videos\/news\/2023\/01\/25\/juma-samson-mass-incarcerations-effects-families-youth\/11075415002\/&quot;}\" aria-label=\"Play video\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/17\/PROC\/d72233be-eadc-402f-b246-ee75f5620748-DSC04296-2.jpg?width=660&amp;height=371&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-g-r=\"vp_po\" elementtiming=\"ar-lead-image\" decoding=\"async\"\/> <span class=\"gnt_em_vp_sbtp\"\/><svg class=\"gnt_em_vp_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_video_play\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<ul class=\"gnt_ar_sh\">\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_sh_li\">The population of people incarcerated has shifted dramatically from Downstate to Upstate, a nonprofit report found in 2022.<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_sh_li\">In 2000, around 66% of New Yorkers incarcerated in state prisons came from the five boroughs. The number decreased to about 50% in 2010 and by 2020, it was 42%.<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_sh_li\">The shift may have been influenced by changing views around incarceration, sentencing and crime rates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The crack cocaine that led a young Juma Sampson to a 25-year prison sentence in 2000 weighed about as much as half a bar of soap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If he had managed to peddle all 70 grams that day \u2015 or even that week, that month \u2015 Sampson said he likely would\u2019ve earned no more than $3,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Instead, after the 23-year-old was arrested attempting to sell the drugs to an undercover cop in Rochester, he was prosecuted under two tough-on-crime initiatives: One imposed a harsher penalty for selling crack cocaine compared to its powder alternative. The other, after police found an unregistered firearm in his girlfriend\u2019s apartment, transferred Sampson\u2019s case to federal court, which doled out higher sentences for illegal gun charges oftentimes served out of state. Sampson said the gun was not his.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">His first adult felony offense \u2015 a nonviolent crime \u2015 landed Sampson 25 years in a prison cell almost five hours away in Pennsylvania. He was released in early 2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:372px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/01\/18\/PROC\/e2a14299-3f99-4394-ac7e-44699de1b3f5-DSC02817.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/01\/18\/PROC\/e2a14299-3f99-4394-ac7e-44699de1b3f5-DSC02817.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Juma Sampson is now a published author and fashion designer.\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The neighborhood on Rochester&#8217;s west side where Sampson grew up has one of the highest incarceration rates for communities around the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cIn the inner city, we\u2019re not taught what it takes to thrive,\u201d Sampson, now 45, said. \u201cWe only know what it takes to survive, and that\u2019s never going to be enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">People in New York prisons increasingly come from upstate, part of a decades-long reversal of incarcerated New Yorkers coming from the five boroughs of New York City, according to findings from a<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/origin\/ny\/2020\/report.html\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"noopener\"> 2022 analysis<\/a> of census data by Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit studying prison trends on a national scale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Among the findings:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul\">\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">Black, Latino and lower-income communities in cities compose much of the state\u2019s prison population that, as of the 2020 census, hovered around 42,000 people, Prison Policy Initiative found in its report.<\/li>\n<li class=\"gnt_ar_b_ul_li\">However, while some New York City neighborhoods see higher rates of incarceration, the highest numbers of people going to prison come from communities such as Albany, Monticello, Newburgh and Rochester.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;It&#8217;s no longer something we can brush off as a New York City problem,&#8221; said Emily Widra, a senior research analyst at the Prison Policy Initiative and an author of the report. &#8220;It&#8217;s really affecting the whole state and communities in every county.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Wednesday, researchers released a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonpolicy.org\/origin\/2020report.html\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"noopener\">final report<\/a> looking at incarceration rates in a dozen states, including New York.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:495px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/01\/12\/PWES\/ab637291-5e8c-4a51-a93e-85342aa9f93c-nyorigin2022_counties.png?width=660&amp;height=495&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The nonprofit Prison Policy Initiative used census data to find where people incarcerated came from in New York. Increasingly, incarcerated people come from Upstate counties.\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Change in NY law informed prison population shift<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Prison Policy Initiative analyzed 2020 census data after New York changed its laws on redistricting to count incarcerated people from their home locations, not the prison where they\u2019re held.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The data scales from counties \u2014 including those with the highest incarceration rates such as Schenectady, Albany and Monroe \u2014 down to census tract levels.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">By contrast, New York City\u2019s boroughs had much lower rates of incarceration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Certain neighborhoods had higher rates: Brownsville, in Brooklyn, had 722 people per 100,000 in prison, while East Harlem had 649 people per 100,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But that was far less than the city of Rochester, which averaged more than 1,050 people per 100,000 residents going to prison \u2015 a figure more than five times the rate for New York City.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:493px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/01\/12\/PWES\/0e1deb14-4e45-48a4-8f0b-448f39ecc2a8-Syracuse.PNG?width=660&amp;height=493&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Prison Policy Initiative data includes incarceration rates down to census tracts and neighborhoods across New York State. In this graphic, only five neighborhoods comprising 15% of Syracuse's population accounted for 40% of people incarcerated from Syracuse in state prisons.\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">All 62 counties had people in prison, though much of the incarcerated population came from neighborhoods that have historically been under-resourced. These neighborhoods also tended to be historically Black, a legacy of mass incarceration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The population of people incarcerated has shifted dramatically from downstate to upstate, Windra said. In 2000, around 66% of New Yorkers incarcerated in state prisons came from the five boroughs. The number decreased to about 50% in 2010 and by 2020, it was 42%.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Prisons grapple with climate change<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/story\/news\/2022\/08\/31\/incarcerated-people-swelter-inside-new-york-prisons-as-summers-get-hotter\/65404141007\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:26|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">As summers get hotter, incarcerated people swelter inside NY prisons<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">The future of prison package ban in NY<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/story\/news\/ny-news\/2022\/11\/30\/heres-why-ny-lawmakers-aim-to-overturn-prison-package-ban\/69683329007\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:27|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">NY lawmakers aim to overturn controversial prison package ban. Here&#8217;s why<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Schenectady County has the highest rate of incarceration of any county in New York \u2015 and District Attorney Robert Carney said that is mainly related to crime rates and urban density.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;We&#8217;re appropriately dealing with the level of violence in our community by using prison as something that is done to protect the community from people who, if they were not incarcerated or incapacitated through incarceration, would be inflicting more harm on people,&#8221; said Carney, who has been in office since 1990.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In 2019, Schenectady had the highest violent crime rate outside of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, according to state Department of Criminal Justice Services preliminary data. Meanwhile, Schenectady had higher rates of total index crime and violent crimes with firearms, much like other upstate counties.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:450px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/11\/08\/PROC\/0426f03f-4c72-4315-ac4f-f348f8736b50-JG_110821_DA-Forsythe_2.jpg?width=660&amp;height=450&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2021\/11\/08\/PROC\/0426f03f-4c72-4315-ac4f-f348f8736b50-JG_110821_DA-Forsythe_2.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=900&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley speaks with the media in Rochester in 2021.\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When presented with the data on shifting incarceration rates in Rochester last fall, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley said she was more concerned about <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/story\/news\/local\/2022\/07\/22\/rochester-ny-mayor-malik-evans-declares-gun-violence-national-emergency\/65379527007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"noopener\">rising homicide rates<\/a> and her role in upholding public safety.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Rochester last year saw 76 homicides, just a notch down from a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/story\/news\/2022\/01\/25\/rochester-ny-homicide-rates-now-fifth-highest-nation-what-can-done\/6598239001\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"noopener\">record-breaking 81 killings in 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cAs my fellow leaders in public safety recognize, we cannot arrest our way out of this,\u201d Doorley said in a statement. \u201cTogether, we must continue to address the violence at its root causes. With that being said, as the district attorney, it is my job to hold violent offenders accountable \u2026 Our city is in crisis and I refuse to sit by and watch it go up in flames.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/01\/01\/USAT\/744f3434-77fc-4322-aae8-a24d078e2feb-GTY_477243076.JPG?width=660&amp;height=440&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/01\/01\/USAT\/744f3434-77fc-4322-aae8-a24d078e2feb-GTY_477243076.JPG?width=1320&amp;height=880&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"New York's Clinton Correctional Facility.\"\/><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Is politics to blame for prison population shift?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In 2010, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vocal-ny.org\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"noopener\">VOCAL-NY<\/a>, a nonprofit focused on criminal justice reform, worked to address gerrymandering that counted incarcerated individuals as residents where they were held in prison \u2212 often in rural, white communities \u2212 rather than where their homes were located.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When New York changed its laws around where incarcerated people were counted, the next step was to quantify which areas sent the most people to prisons, according to VOCAL-NY&#8217;s civil rights campaign director, Nick Encalada-Malinowski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He sees the numbers of incarcerated people coming from upstate communities as a reflection of politics. As New York City undertook reform with changes around sentencing \u2212 particularly with drug sentencing \u2212 other counties didn\u2019t undergo as much change, he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:388px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/29\/PWES\/ab16e416-a519-40c4-99ea-b2ec681e69d9-fb091722singsing08.jpg?width=660&amp;height=388&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/09\/29\/PWES\/ab16e416-a519-40c4-99ea-b2ec681e69d9-fb091722singsing08.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=776&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A guard tower at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining Sept. 17, 2022. \"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cWhat\u2019s happening for a lot of counties is they are incarcerating people rather than addressing any of their kind of immediate needs,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have people especially in jail, but also in prison, just cycling through. No one\u2019s actually addressing what got the person there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Jesse Jannetta, a senior policy fellow at the left-leaning think tank, the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.urban.org\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban Institute<\/a>, said pushes toward lowering prison populations seen across the U.S. received support because of declining crime rates. Political shifts on perceptions of crime may change that, he said.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a real open question about whether there&#8217;s going to be a move to greater support for incarceration,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve learned a lot over that period about effective approaches to reducing gun violence that are focused and don&#8217;t rely on broad use of incarceration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/story\/news\/2023\/01\/11\/bail-reform-hiring-police-officers-how-kathy-hochul-will-take-aim-at-ny-crime\/69792974007\/\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:45|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Hochul aims to tweak bail reform (again) and hire police officers<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">&#8216;To you, he has a pocket full of drugs. For him, it&#8217;s hope.&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">When Sampson, of Rochester, started selling drugs as a teenager, it was to help provide for his family. He remembers watching his mother work relentlessly and the feeling that it was never enough to fulfill all their needs. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He said when officers and prosecutors who live outside of neighborhoods labeled as trouble areas come in to enforce the law, they don\u2019t consider the reality of the people who live there.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:372px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/17\/PROC\/d72233be-eadc-402f-b246-ee75f5620748-DSC04296-2.jpg?width=660&amp;height=372&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp\" data-gl-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2022\/06\/17\/PROC\/d72233be-eadc-402f-b246-ee75f5620748-DSC04296-2.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Juma Sampson, local author and clothing designer.\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cTo you, he has a pocket full of drugs,\u201d Sampson said of someone like him who might\u2019ve been picked up for selling. \u201cFor him, it\u2019s hope. It\u2019s a way to keep the roof over his head, to put food on his little sister\u2019s plate. But there\u2019s no one who\u2019s going to see them for more than their circumstance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">It cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to keep him locked up, Sampson said, and he often wonders where he could be if that money instead funded educational programs to help redirect him from his mistake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the three years since he returned home, Sampson has independently published several novels and developed a fashion line under his brand <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chaosunlimited.net\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"noopener\">CHAOS Unlimited<\/a> \u2015 success he partly attributes to a mentor he found in prison, a wealthy and well-respected man who convinced Sampson he had potential to do good. It was the first time someone of that stature believed in him, and he wonders what his life could\u2019ve looked like if he received that validation sooner.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cWhen I\u2019m standing in front of the judge, he sees this little young Black kid in here for drugs \u2026 I\u2019m not a second thought to them,\u201d Sampson said. \u201cThat\u2019s not fair. I\u2019m worth more than the time they gave me. 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