Conditional release: What happens to Mindez brothers now?

On August 21 and 22, Eric and Lil Mindez were rejected the conditional release. The hopes of the two brothers, family, friends and preachers who were working on their behalf were deteriorating. I also learned from an interview with former criminals who were convicted of killing and other violent crimes of my next book, Before their crimes: What misunderstood childhood Shock, youth crimeAnd the road to recoverThe important question is, what are they doing now?

Until recently, when they were given a hearing of resentment and became eligible for the conditional release, the brothers expected their lives behind bars. When you are “life”, you can feel unimportant how you spend your days or whether you are thinking a lot about your crime and victims. And when you are imprisoned at an early age, your youth and not mature decision makingIn addition to your perceived weakness, it can make you easy to pressure the oldest guests to engage in illegal activity. If you have used materials to deal with irreplaceable feelings in the past, it is difficult to see a reason for you that you should give up.

Resentment brings hope to life outside that I thought she went forever. People begin to think about the changes they need in order to find a conditional release board suitable for a conditional release. One part of the equation is to abandon drug use, fighting, or in fact any behavior that is unacceptable. Your behavior is reviewed along your prison, with an arc for improvement.

When the Manendez brothers applied for the compassion, the Governor’s News ordered an evaluation, which is now part of their record, which turned out to be a “moderate” danger to society. There were some battles, and some drug use by Eric, but the main focus in listening sessions was frequent use of mobile phones over time. Recently last year, when they knew they had a chance to resent, both brothers had participated in using smuggled phones. At the same time, both of them participated in activities that helped other prisoners and the prison community.

The second factor weighing in the listening sessions the conditional release is your vision of the circumstances of your crime and its harmful effects. It is expected to show your level of self -understanding, remorse, and ability to be responsible for the crime you committed and behavior in prison.

For people who have played an early life shock in their criminal behavior, and this includes most of the perpetrators of events, including the Manendez brothers, the path to accountability extends through recovery on their own. shock expertise. When you are pressure The response system has been defeated at an early age, continuous hyperactivity and assignment of danger as it may not exist, or defensive anesthesia and piece of your feelings and feelings of others, have played a role in stripping your victims. When you are able to face your pain, it opens you to feel the definition and sympathy with those affected.

Most of the people I met were deprived of the conditional release in the first hearing, while others in the second or third. denial It was always crushed and sometimes felt as an unfair result. Freedom and the outside world declined again, sometimes leading to renewed violence or drug use. For many, the biggest challenge is to transform this painful turn towards more self -development and deeper accountability. Those who finally succeeded in being subjected to the conditional release in their next listening session, seized the opportunity to give a closer look at themselves and continue to grow.