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Prisoner warns middle school students about the consequences of crime
Updated: Tuesday, 09 Oct 2012, 11:33 AM EDT
Published : Friday, 05 Oct 2012, 3:28 PM EDT
DECATUR, Ind. (WANE) A northeast Indiana prisoner is aiming to right his wrongs by preventing others from the same fate.
In 2009, Cody Barkley was arrested for his involvement in a murder in Wells County and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Barkley, now 21, wrote a letter in September. In it, he warned the reader of the consequences in going down the same path he did. Barkley sent the letter to ISS Suspension Supervisor at Bellmont Middle School Greg Litchfield. Friday morning, teachers at Bellmont Middle School read it in every 7th and 8th grade class.
"The effort's being called Cody's letter," Litchfield said. "We're hoping that the high school will get a hold of this, the teachers over there will share it and that it spreads across the nation... that everyone gets in on this to try to keep kids out of our prisons."
Barkley attended Bellmont Middle and Bellmont High School.
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