Tamerra Washington

Tamerra Washington Hello, I AM Tamerra Washington #486364. WRONGFULLY CONVICTED. Temporarily housed at WHV 3201 Bemis Road. Ypsilanti, Mi 48197. In 2011 Sentenced 32-50 years in prison for Armed Robbery and 32-50 years for Assault, crimes I did not commit.I enjoy seeking Truth, higher learning, and reading books. I love Conscious conversations and uplifting my […]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: BLACK HISTORY

Watching Harriet, I’m moved to tears. Symbolic how the speech she gave after the Fugitive Act had passed, rings true to the Wrongfully Convicted. “Fighting with every blood in veins for FREEDOM.” Some might say…… now that’s a stretch, but any time there are unjust restrictions placed on your life, when another violates you according […]

REFLECTIONS

This wrongful conviction feels a lot like missing your flight to an important event. Maybe the flight takes 6 hours, but now you have to drive 30. There are no luxury vehicles available, so you’re forced to journey all those hours cramped in an economy beat up jalopy. Nothing digital, rotary knobs for the music […]

Know ThySELF

From this unfortunate wrongful conviction, I utilized the time investing in my evolvement. There were many small books dropping seeds along the way. For over five years I held on to the James Allen Treasury. Using it as a book to hold up other books on the corner of my bunk. Maybe the size was […]

Food for Thought – Reflections

I was told today that my ‘story’ lacked emotion. I do not survive this wrongful conviction from a place of emotion. Emotion leaves you raw. Sensitive to every touch. Imbalanced. Clouding the vision of understanding with victim hood.I AM no victim. I AM a warrior. Emotion is prickly on the heart. Thistles and thorns sprout. […]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Having lunch today with a friend that I haven’t seen in awhile, she said something that touched my heart. Impacted me enough to make my eyes wet. She apologized and said this haunts her daily. Back when the pandemic broke, I reached out to my community for help and support. To become a unified front […]

One Question

I come from a family of Jehovah’s Witnesses and politics was never considered or spoke about at home. No one has been in prison either, so many days I felt alone…. no one understood. In 2018 my childhood friends became more involved in my struggle. They’d attend town hall meetings for the wrongfully convicted. Met […]

YOUTH

To all the youth out there going to school, keep the focus. I am a tutor for GED in prison. The challenges that arise from poor decisions, later in life overwhelms. It’s best to pay attention and complete school while you are there. Today I’m so thankful I did not give up. Many days I […]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Still in my thoughts……. How is it possible to have had the experience of incarceration and not be the change you needed to see?? I’m speaking of broken promises. Ignored calls. Let downs without follow thru. Inaction. Disbelief. Blowoffs. Irritation with the process. I’m speaking of forgetting. Never lose your sense of wonder people. Know […]

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

In thought about life and our connection to others… In my fight for freedom I’ve never been too proud to ask for help. I don’t feel less than because I don’t know. I hold no false sense of Self. I reached out to a friend for help and her response was that she made it […]