THE REPRESENTATION PROJECT BOARD OF PAROLE HEARINGS Post Office Box 4036 Sacramento, CA 95812-4038 To the Members ofthe Parole Board My name is Jennifer Slebe! Newsom, founder and CEO of The Representation Project. documentary filmmaker, and wife of Lieutenant Governor of California Gavin Newsom. [nad the honor of spending a day interviewing inmates et Sen Quentin who are engaged in the KidCat program whichis where | met Tommy \Wintrey. The purpase of my viskto San Quentin was to interview men wo ware serving fe sentences for evimes they commited as juveniles {nd to learn what their fe circumstances were that led to thei Incarceration. The interviews were used in my fim The Mask You Live In. a documentary flm thal takes @ hard look at how boys and men are ‘caize Inthe United St ‘The KidCat group deconstructs masculinity in order for its members to full understand whet natural human traits were socialize out of them due to thei upbringing andthe innate human qualities that help to ‘make us whole" and fly able fo engage in a productive, peaceful and wel intentioned if, Tommy Winfey was @ long-time member ofthis (group and was a sland out among the other men. His quiet demeanor, his thoughtfulness and the honest way in which he told his sory provided me witha deep understanding of hw a good man could end lp behind bare, Tommy's clear understanding of how the abuse and neglect In Ns ie le to him taking the life of another, his expressions of Femorse, his commitment othe other men inthe group and his desire for another chance ata respectable ife were profoundly moving. have seen Tommy a few times since this lial nieview and each tie my Fespect for him deepens. 1 look foward to his opportunity fr release ‘and believe strongly in his potential for (and commitment to) successful ie onthe outside Sincerely, O Newt “Jennifer Siebel Newsom Founder and CEO, The Representation Projact