Kenneth E. Hartman has served over 29 continuous years in the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on a life without the possibility of parole (LWOP) sentence. He is an award-winning writer and prison reform activist. He is the author of Mother California: A Story of Redemption Behind Bars (Atlas & Co., 2009), a memoir of life in prison. He was instrumental in the founding of the Honor Program at the California State Prison – Los Angeles County, and is currently leading a grassroots organizing campaign, conducted by LWOP prisoners, with the goal of abolishing the other death penalty.
He can be reached by e-mail at: prisonhonorprogram@hotmail.com or at TODP@live.com.
