THE QUESTION NOW HAS TO BE “WHERE IS FORGIVENESS FOUND?” THAT’S A VERY HARD QUESTION TO ANSWER, BUT SIMPLY PUT, FORGIVENESS IN MY CASE CAME FROM MY LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. IN MOST MURDER CASE’S, THE PERETRATOR OF THE CRIME CAN NOT HAVE ANY CONTACT WITH THE […]
Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read this. My name is Tony Gidican. I’m a 27 year old Phillipino, Italian man. I fell July, 4th 2006 at the tender age of 19. I’ve been in for over 8 years. I get out April, 2nd 2019. […]
AS PART OF MY RESPONSIBILITY, I HAVE TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCES WITH ANYONE WHO HAS AN EAR. I DO ALL THAT I CAN TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I SPEAK TO YOUNG MEN, AS WELL AS THE PARENTS OF THOSE AT RISK YOUTH. WHO BETTER THAN ME? […]
There are countless men I am doing time with that will NEVER see the streets again. Men who will never be released back into society. Many men who will die not in the arms of loved ones but in the prison infirmary, alone, as their soul transitions into […]
I committed the crime of first degree murder on September 27, 1988. I was 16. On October 1, 1990, I was sentenced to 900 months. 75 YEARS … I turned 18 in the Washington State Penitentiary. Was I grown? That’s a question that has been asked of me […]
I was asked to sign-up to attend a Church service called “Inherit the Kingdom” while I was at Monroe’s Washington State Reformatory. Initially I had no intention of going. In fact, I lied to my boy telling him that I signed up and then I acted shocked when […]
THE REASON FOR THE CRIME THAT I COMMITTED CAN NOT BE EXPLAINED AT THIS POINT IN MY LIFE BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I WILL FOREVER FEEL REMORSE AND GUILT FOR THIS CRIME, AS WELL AS THE CRIMES AGAINST MY VERY OWN COMMUNITY. I WANT THE WORLD […]
No matter where you are in life you can find people that are willing to go to some extreme measures to escape their pain, to escape reality. Prison is no exception. Instincts tell us to flee from pain instead of looking for its source. Rather than search introspectively […]
I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE TRUE BEAUTY OF A WOMAN IN “SOCIETY’S VERSION OF BEAUTY “. NOW IT’S TIME THAT I TALK ABOUT THE INNER WORKING’S OF A MAN. I REALLY CANT BELIEVE THAT IM TAKING THIS ON BECAUSE THIS IS A TOPIC THAT IS EXTREMLY HARD FOR […]
“One person can be a catalyst for great pain, but one person can also be a catalyst for great change!” This epiphany derived from countless hours I spent meditating and reflecting early on into my incarceration, at the realization of the pain I caused so many through my […]