Life Inside, Remixed: How I Found Peace in the Prison Garden

While serving a 241-year jail sentence for armed robberies he participated in at age 16, Bobby Bostic signed up for gardening obligation. His purpose was easy: extra time outdoors of his Missouri jail cell. As an alternative, the author and instructor discovered solace within the soil.

“Weeding the backyard turned a type of remedy,” wrote Bostic, who was ultimately launched on parole at 43. “With each weed that I pulled out of the bottom, I felt like I used to be pulling out part of my prison self.”

This essay, animated by Lily Padula and voiced by Sean Kyler, is a part of “Inside Story,” The Marshall Venture’s groundbreaking video sequence distributed on-line and in correctional amenities throughout the U.S.

Watch the most recent season, with new episodes touchdown each Thursday at 11 a.m. ET on The Marshall Venture’s web site and YouTube channel. You can too watch episodes on the Scripps Information community on Fridays at 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT.