A Turning Point In His Young Life
From the time he was released from prison until the time he would be eligible to join the military, authorities needed to do something with James to keep him occupied. James shared, “In between, they stuck me in a boys camp in Santa Barbara. We were on the second line of fighting forest fires. To see those firefighters in action and have them respect me meant a lot, and shaped me as a man. That’s when I first realized I could be helpful to people instead of being nefarious.”
