Marking Father’s Day While Separated by Imprisonment
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FEATURING DORTELL WILLIAMS - This Sunday June 16 marks Father’s Day, a day when families celebrate their dads–biological or adopted, surrogate or chosen–to brunches and lunches, and make toasts in their honor.
But what about the thousands of fathers who are locked up in prisons around the country? Dortell Williams is one such father, currently serving a sentence of Life in Prison Without Parole (LWOP) at Mule Creek State Prison in California. Williams has been separated from his daughter since she was only two years old