"I have no other alternative but to sentence you to the Department of Corrections." May God be with me? “Where are these people about to send me?” I wondered. “ I'm a college kid,” I said to myself.
The term justice-impacted can be applied to any individual that has been directly or indirectly affected by the justice system. Every individual feels the effects and struggles with the labels placed not only by society but the labels they place on themselves.
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Tears almost came out of my eyes, thinking about what being justice impacted has meant for my family and me. Justice Impacted means...
