Celia Colón told the Marshall Project that she has been impacted by the justice department her entire life. At 4 years old, she walked through a prison door for the first time during a visit to an uncle serving life. At 12, Colón took action when her mother was beaten unconscious by a boyfriend, spurring a move to the South Side of Chicago.
However, she didn’t realize that the apartment her family had found was populated by a gang, which she later joined. “Gangs back then, in the '80s and '90s, weren't the way they are now,” she said. “They were more like a community organization.”
Colón was charged with attempted murder at 18 and served the next 15 years in prison. For We Are Witnesses: Chicago, she talks about her experiences behind bars and how she found a way to heal on her path to reentry. Colón now works in prison ministry and advocates for prison reforms for women.
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