Forrest Jones spent over two decades in California state prisons, but on Sunday, he graduated from college.
Jones grew up in Hanford where he was the youngest of 10 siblings in a working-class family.
Jones said he started hanging out with the wrong crowd and spent 27 years of his life in California state prison. ," Jones said. "Started stealing to support my habit, landed in jail and drug rehabs; landed in jail twice…"But everything changed for the better when he got transferred to San Quentin State Prison.
"San Quentin, being one of the best prisons in the State of California because of the different programs that they have there," Jones said. "Educational programs, vocational programs, self-help therapy programs and the many hundreds of volunteers.
While at San Quentin, Jones was able to take college courses. When he was released, he became a part of Project Rebound within theNow, he is hoping to inspire more formerly incarcerated people to better their lives and get a collegeI'm giving people hope, I know when I'm being vulnerable sharing this story, but I'm giving people hope…you can do anything you want to do…giving up shouldn’t even be an option.
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