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My first memory is

Was about three and

My mother had come in into my room and she was angry with me

I can't even tell you what I did probably didn't clean up the house or you know put my stuff away

She immediately just I could hear her feet coming and she was in front of me real fast and

real close to me and

so close that the

Just like her the spit around her mouth was hitting my face and

And she just went into this really strong rage and just hit me real hard. Is she hit me so hard that

my head turned to the left and

There was blood all over my little dresser that had strawberry shortcake on it and

I was really

That's like my first memory

I'm Irlon Woods. I'm incarcerated as San Quentin State Prison in California. I'm Nigel Poor

I'm a visual artist and I volunteer at San Quentin and together we're gonna take you inside

This time on your hustle we're doing something we've never done before

We're featuring a woman

Why did it take so long?

As much as I wanted to be this is not a co-ed prison Nigel

Okay, yeah, I guess you're right. There aren't any women who are incarcerated at San Quentin

But there's plenty of women who come in and out of the prison every day. Thank you. Yep like me and Sarah Cousin who we just heard is one of them

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