Hello, thank you for taking the time to look at my profile. I could be a best friend you’ve yet to meet or even a source of inspiration for you to make an important change in your life. The possibilities can only be explored if you can take that first step and message me. Please, feel comfortable starting anywhere, I’m very easy to talk with. Open minded, understanding, considerate, friendly, attentive, loyal, honest, carpenter, snowboarder, water-skier, street bikers, dirt biker, artist, avid reader, engine afficinado, uncle, brother, son, grandson, father and convict. These are some of the words that describe but cannot contain me. The lattermost being a title I continue to fight to this day. Most recently with the help of the innocence project. Before this happened to me, I thought very briefly, because why would someone even consider they could go to prison someday, “that could never be me”.

Now I’m here, focusing on staying in the present moment. I fill my days drawing and designing cards for my kids and family, reading, listening to music, attending religious events, exercising, and doing all available programming. I’ve been awarded 11 different certificates, from parenting to critical thinking classes, even an extremely rare certificate of recognition, presented by the warden, for my positive intervention coming to a female’s staff’s aid when she was assaulted by another inmate. I’ve also done some continued education, ethnical training, and a lot of legal research. Above all I thank God, my family, and few loyal friends for going through this with me. And while I’m looking to find and reciprocate more positive support, I’m painfully aware of the first thoughts that come to mind when you see the charge given to me, your initial reaction may be to instantly skip by or turn away.

I humbly ask that you don’t skip by or turn away and that you open this book. There are many chapters, pages, thoughts, emotions and information that you will never get from only looking at the cover! You can write me through mail, I live and have lived a majority of my life in Norther Minnesota, the P.O. box in MD is just where our mail goes first, on Jpay.com or the Jpay App, or you can email me directly at Deonthomascat@gmail.com, I promise to reply to every single message , never judge you or your circumstances, and always remain honest, open and respectful. Thank you again!