Willard Jimerson Jr. Archives

Willard Jimerson Jr. is a dedicated community leader and advocate with profound expertise derived from his own lived experiences. His understanding of community issues is deeply personal, having served time in prison from the ages of 13 to 33—a total of 20.5 years from 1994 to 2014. This makes him one of the youngest in the country to face such a sentence, which profoundly shapes
his approach to community safety, public health, and youth development.

In Pt.5 of this reasoning, Willard Jimerson explains why so many ex-convicts owe the prisons that housed them so much money.

Willard Jimerson On The Criminalization Of Mental Illness And Seeing People Have Mental Breakdowns

2024-06-05

by Monique Gooch Education I Never Knew TV Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6SpU12vj0U Willard Jimerson Jr. is a dedicated community leader and advocate with profound expertise derived from his own lived experiences. His understanding of community issues is deeply personal, having served tim ...

Willard Jimerson It’s A Crime That Ex-Convicts Owe So Much Money To Prisons After Being Released

2024-05-29

by Monique Gooch Education I Never Knew TV Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkqpUI8q1lE Willard Jimerson Jr. is a dedicated community leader and advocate with profound expertise derived from his own lived experiences. His understanding of community issues is deeply personal, having served ...

Willard Jimerson “They Pay Over 63k A Year To House A Prisoner In The State Of Washington” Pt.3

2024-05-22

by Monique Gooch Education I Never Knew TV Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKsz7lpylck Willard Jimerson Jr. is a dedicated community leader and advocate with profound expertise derived from his own lived experiences. His understanding of community issues is deeply personal, having served tim ...

Willard Jimerson Gets Emotional Reflecting On His Time In Isolation At An Adult Prison As A Teenager

2024-05-20

by Monique Gooch Education I Never Knew TV Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvhXVLLM45w Willard Jimerson Jr. is a dedicated community leader and advocate with profound expertise derived from his own lived experiences. His understanding of community issues is deeply personal, having served tim ...

Willard Jimerson Opens Up About Why He Was Convicted Of Murder At The Age Of 13 & Tried As An Adult

2024-05-16

by Monique Gooch Articles Education I Never Knew TV Interviews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11qVSKY-FXo Willard Jimerson Jr. is a dedicated community leader and advocate with profound expertise derived from his own lived experiences. His understanding of community issues is deeply personal, having served ...