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My name is Heather Jarvis. I'm calling from Marysville, Ohio at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. This is called “Dear State of Ohio." Dear state of Ohio, everything inside me wants to scream, cry and bang my head off the bricks I'm trapped inside. Why don't you see me? I'm a person. I'm a mother, a daughter, and a sibling. I'm more than the number 93371. There have always been a lot of things on the other side of the fence waiting for me: a family, a steak dinner, a shower without shoes, a loved one's sentimental touch, but most importantly, a future. That is what has always got me through, knowing this isn't where it ends. But now it's different, things have changed. Life is rearranged. It's a pandemic of sickness, fear, and a profound reference of the unknown called COVID-19. It hardly helps the good people of Ohio who are themselves coping with the pandemic to release the violent offenders into their midst during this crucial time was their response to my early release. I screamed inside my head reading the