From prisoner to dog trainer, here's how one man got another chance at life — with the help of an ex-governor.
Bradley Arrowood's journey to own a successful service dog training business started when he was given a second chance at life. After spending 25 years in prison, he has been working to redeem himself after former California Governor Jerry Brown commuted his sentence in 2017.
Lenore Anderson, the president of the Alliance for Safety and Justice, advocates for criminal justice reform and highlights that California played a significant role in the tough-on-crime movement. Brown admits that the result of his policies was an increase in the number of prisons from 12 to 33, with the number of incarcerated individuals rising from 25,000 to 170,000.
"I wanted her not to be ashamed of who I was. I had to be an example, even though there was no chance of me getting out. I wasn't able to tell her that I wasn't getting out ever because I didn't want to destroy any hope that she had," he said. In 2010, Jerry Brown was elected governor for a second time, and by then, he had a change of heart about the heavy sentencing laws he once championed as a young governor. However, it was not just his conscience that led to this change, but also the federal courts, which had ordered California to reduce the overpopulation in its prisons. Without this nudge, it would have been challenging for the state to accomplish as much as it did.
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