Thread by @jessicaschulb

if you were moved by Kip's story, i'd encourage you to read these firsthand accounts of what it's like to grow up in prison theappeal.org/tag/oregon-jus…

https://twitter.com/jessicaschulb/status/1403715581417689093

Here's Seth Koch, who has known Kip for ~ 20 years. Here he writes about his own growth, his conversations with lawmakers about SB 1008, and the devastation of being excluded from the reform bill theappeal.org/i-was-a-child-…

Here's Cayce French, who told me Kip helped him adjust to adult prison when he aged out of a juvenile facility theappeal.org/i-killed-my-br…

Here's Mark Wilson, also a friend of Kip's. Bc Mark was 18 at the time of his crime, he's excluded from most juvenile justice reform efforts — even though we know that brain development continues into our mid 20s theappeal.org/far-from-being…

Kip and others have repeatedly told me that even though Mark never stood to benefit from SB 1008, he was an integral part of the effort to educate lawmakers about why it should pass

the Appeal's @elizabethweill has written extensively about Sterling Cunio + twin bros Laycelle and Lydell King (formerly White). Sterling's never met Kip but told me that he/other juvenile lifers have always lived in the shadow of the narrative around Kip theappeal.org/he-entered-pri…