Student Censorship Letter

To whom this May concern:

I am writing this letter in support of my boyfriend Alfonzo Stewart-FPS#446731-F who is currently incarcerated in Archambault institution.

Before I begin, I want the PBC to know I was only 19 years old, 8 months pregnant, when Alfonzo went to prison for a crime he committed.

When Alfonzo was released July, it was the happiest day of our lives for my son and myself.

It's important that over the 6 1/2 years while Alfonzo was in prison, we discussed our lives together as we were young parents to our son. Unfortunately, Alfonzo was In Prison and I was a single mother at age 19.

On June 19th, Alfonzo called me with concerns. He told me that they told him he has to open up a bank account, and when he ask them directions

to the bank it confused him. He ask me to accompany him and that I could understand after 6 1/2 years in prison, also the very next day, overwhelming.

We took the metro to the bank, I told Alfonzo I would wait outside as I know it will take a while to open up a bank account.

After about 40 minutes roughly, Alfonzo came out of the bank and I was on my phone.

I said to Alfonzo that someone wants to say hi and check up on you, I passed him the phone on speaker, they spoke for about 4 to 5 minutes. Alfonzo passed me back the phone.

When Alfonzo was put back inside prison, he calls me and explains to me he was put back in because of the phone call. I completely lost it crying and said what phone call, Alfonzo said when you handed me the phone when I came out of the bank.

I want the PBC to know, it is my fault Alfonzo is back in prison that is how I feel. Deep down I should of known better not to hand him the

phone.

When I spoke with his parole officer, when Alfonzo got out we had a very vague yet brief discussion about the things concerning Alfonzo and his conditions.

I remember her saying that he had no more then 15 minutes to leave when in contact with anyone with a criminal record. When I passed Alfonzo the phone that day, I made a huge mistake regardless if I spoke to the parole office before or after this incident. This can potentially cost not only Alfonzo but our family to do another 34 months inside prison.

I want the parole board of Canada to know, I was in contact with Amezian, while he was incarcerated plus there's other guys name Lee and Carlo Mancuso who are also incarcerated. I have not and will no longer be in contact with these individuals, especially after knowing what the result is of maintaining contact can do to our family. Also I need the parole board to know that while speaking with the parole officer, I informed her that I had received a call in regards to Lee, requesting my phone number be added from the institute. I told the institute no

On many occasions I have spoken with Amezian, Lee and Carlo while Alfonzo has been incarcerated.

If I had known that by association with these guys would cause Alfonzo to return to prison, I would have stopped all communication a lot

sooner.

I want the board to know, I am single mother raising an amazing 6 year old boy, that just started his premiere Annee. I have been and still doing the best I can on raising our son.

With Alfonzo being out, I want the board to know, if Alfonzo was doing something wrong, that it would be over for us. Being 19 years old raising a baby by myself, "now that his out", he needs to step up to the plate, be a father to his son, get to know his son. As they do not know each other to the fullest. Alfonzo knows this if there was any chance he would ever go back to his old ways, or get in any trouble that could possible hurt our family in any way. That I have no problem calling the police or his parole officer. If I did not call, what example am I setting for our son.

I want the parole board to know, the 1st time Alfonzo went before the parole board of Canada, he was denied any form of release, that was to much for me. So I left him to allow him to grow, he told me he would do whatever it takes to get back to us. I gave him that chance and he was released. Now only after 3 weeks I have jeperdized it all, my son and his father separated twice in his life within 6 1/2 years.

I would like the parole board to know, I am in the process of changing my phone number in order to secure no communication because it is truly not needed.

I am begging the parole board to grant Alfonzo Stewart another opportunity to get his life back on track, even if that means me standing back through the process, since this is my poor judgment. I am asking the parole board to please understand my situation, I thank you and pray to GOD will answer my son and my prayers.

Sincerely yours