Charles is about 50 years-old and prior to his imprisonment, he was a successful mine operator. Jim Wren is Charles Arlt's partner in the mine operation, about 60 years old, and had never been in trouble in his life. Now he serves life. Jim has no history of violence and is a gentleman in every respect. Some people mistakenly think a life sentence is only seven years.
Life means life.
Life in prison, becomes death. With few exceptions, every one of the nonviolent lifers that I've met has been an industrious person. A recent federally funded study by Columbia University was released on January 8, 1998. There are about 1.75 million prisoners, of which 1.4 million had something to do with drugs. The report states that those prisoner have 2.5 million children.