New Beginnings: After 36 Years in Prison, Man Gets iPhone 15 to Begin Content Creation on TikTok

New Beginnings: After 36 Years in Prison, Man Gets iPhone 15 to Begin Content Creation on TikTok

  • A man, recently freed after a 36-year incarceration, spoke about his plans to utilise his iPhone 15
  • Having been imprisoned at 17, he disclosed that he was in the process of mastering the popular device
  • He expressed his intention to offer insights on mass incarceration, drawing from his extensive personal experience, once he became adept at using the smartphone

A man was released from prison after 36 years. He had been locked away since he was 17 years old.

Now, he’s out and has an iPhone 15, a type of technology that didn’t exist when he was sentenced.

The man shared what she intended to do with his phone after release
After 36 years, man gets released from prison. Photo credit: @malijah.gee
Source: TikTok

From prison to content creation

The man is still figuring out how to use his new phone. He has plans once he’s good at using the phone.

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He wants to use it to tell people about what it’s like to be in prison for a long time. He knows a lot about this because he was there for so many years, as shown by @malijah.gee.

Watch the video below:

Legit.ng compiled some of the reactions below:

Martin.purvanovV said:

“He went to prison in 1988.”

A83939hdhhd:

“Dude was 36 in 1986.”

Avspärrad:

“My man came out before grand theft auto 6.”

Anon:

“Bro life is over.”

Jordan bourassa:

“Bro left 17 came back Unc that's wild.”

Czajczynski_j:

“Does he know that Michael Jordan and Chicago Bulls won the playoffs?”

Ramon House:

“Why she just recording him.”

Splashygzz:

“He already tired of the cameras.”

Reese:

“Just awkwardly recording.”

Pick&mix:

“Why he looks so sad.”

Mr. Morphmatic:

“Bro seems veeeery wise and knowledgeable. He's remaining quiet and taking everything in.”

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Randyhill630:

“I did 30,Alabama, got out 2018,today I own my own home and much more, it's never Over.”

Man released from prison after serving 28 years

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that a man wrongly convicted and jailed for close to 30 years has walked free after it was found he was innocent.

Johnson Lamar, 50, locked up in prison since 1994 finally regained his freedom in 2023 after the case was revisited.

Johnson was convicted for the murder of Marcus Boyd who was shot dead by two masked men in St Louis, Missouri, BBC reported.

In a recent development, Legit.ng reported that there was a moment of joy and celebration at the Embu Prisons after a man who had been behind bars for 17 years finally tasted freedom.

Source: Legit.ng

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Basit Jamiu (Editor) Basit Jamiu is a journalist with more than five years of experience. He is a current affairs and politics editor at Legit.ng. He holds a bachelor's degree from Ekiti State University (2018). Basit previously worked as a staff writer at Ikeja Bird (2022), Associate Editor at Prime Progress (2022), and Staff Writer at The Movee (2018). He is a 2024 Open Climate Fellow (West Africa), 2023 MTN Media Fellow, OCRP Fellow at ICIR, and Accountability Fellow at CJID. Email: basit.jamiu@corp.legit.ng.