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Let me start over blessing and peace and blessings on all those who are listening. I hope you are all well and healthy, practicing social distancing during this time. Amen. My name is Tiegon Nichols, T I E V O N. Last name is spelled N I C H O L S. My DOC number is 229462, I am 23 years old and I'm currently at Wabash Valley Correctional Facility, which is five and a half hours away from home.I've been held here for approximately eight years. When I was 15 years old, I was let into adult courts and given 50 years. As a YA, or a youth incarcerated as an adult, you are extremely limited to resources. There are no kinds of contact with any adult offenders. This really hinders any progress with legal proceedings.On top of that, there are no programs offered inside Wabash Valley for juveniles, besides the GED and MRT.  MRT stands for Moral Reconation Therapy. Within six months, I succeeded in acquiring those programs and leaving them out either. It was even more difficult for me because I didn't have correspondenc