Hello my name is Mario Taylor i am 30 years of age as of December 11. I am here recently incarcerated in the Alabama prison system. I am a husband and a father i have 2 kids that need me and a lot more people need me i can bring change within my community with the story of my Life and i can also bring guidance to the youth. This is my story.

I been in the Alabama department of corrections going on 9 years now but i been incarcerated for going on 11 years now i was 19 when i got locked up. 

I got locked up in 2010 for an home invasion when i got locked up i received an bond for 1.5 million dollars the court broke the crime up into separate crimes to make me and my co defendant's look the like the worst criminals there was they broke this one incident into all separate crimes 2 robbery first degree 2 assault 2nd degree 2 kidnapping 2nd degree burglary 1st degree and burglary 3rd degree  no one died no one got shot this was done because i was racially profiled and the victims were connected with the sheriff.

i drove my co defendant's to an building to get a safe and come out when they broke in the building they could not get in the safe without my knowledge my co defendant's broke into the victims home got them out the bed took them back to the building where the safe was and made them open the safe the victims never got in my car the building is right beside the house i didn't have knowledge of that either so they called me i picked them up a while later and dropped them off i received a life sentence with the possibility for parole for driving a car they told me i had knowledge of what was going on i was guilty as the party that committed the crime i really just sat in the car and waited on them to call me to pick them up the plan was to go get the safe out the building and come back out like i didn't have knowledge of my co defendant's breaking into the victims home until after they called me and i picked them up i made a bad decision that night of my life 

i had three lawyer's to represent me 2 lawyers withdraw from my case because they didn't want anything to do with the case the third lawyer told me to take a life sentence with the possibilty of parole come home in ten to twelve or go to trial and never come home this was my first time ever in trouble no prior felonies no record at all never been in trouble and they offered me life that's it yes they did like all i did was drive a car I'm not guilty at all i did have knowledge of my co defendant's breaking into the building but everything after that the kidnapping the robbery the burglary 1st degree im not guilty 

i made a bad decision at the age of 19 in my life but my mind was not fully developed like it is now the court didn't care about any of that i got denied youthful offender i had no prior background a man mind is fully developed in his mid 20s.

while incarcerated in one of the worst prison sytems in the country i utilizied my time wisely i growed and developed i have gotten my GED Auburn writing classes self help classes drug classes i have become a God fearing wise man in this prison system with all the stuff that is going on in here the police brutality the inmate violence the drugs the inhumane living conditions it was very hard to rehabilitate trust me this system cares nothing about rehabilitation but i didn't give up myself and kept getting rehabilitation never losing sight of the light and the end of the tunnel never losing hope trusting God i do have violent discplinaries while been incarcerated these past ten years but this prison system was deemed unconstitutional on national t.v. for inmate on inmate violence police brutality inhumane living conditions lack of security now covid 19 out there is no social distance no mask being wore its just dangerous so yes i have violent discplinaries i was in life or death situations alot of times i just didn't want to die in prison and make it home to my family but through this all i rehabilitated and stayed alive in this system im blessed 

i am not the same person i was at 19 i am more mature in the mind i have realized what makes you a man in life is the decisions you make i realized at the age of 19 i made a bad decision and cost me my life i have an upcoming parole soon and im just trying to get support and justice for i didn't deserve a life sentence at the age of 19 for driving a car i just want to go home and take care of my kids  guide my kids in the correct footsteps because it is so easy for the kids ending up in my shoes without any true guidance i want to get out abd help the change that is coming guide our youth help the community

my life is constantly in danger in here no social distance drugs everywhere no security inhumane living conditions I'm just asking for a second chance. I'm asking for anyone to help me get home to my kids. How you give me life and i never even lived life yet.