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PRISONER CONTINUES EDUCATION TO HELP OTHERS

While most view prison as a place to put criminals, one man has found hope in his cell.

Prison has been a life changing experience for Robert Steven Pearcy.

"I deeply feel my time here has given me the opportunity to better my life," Pearcy said.

Pearcy is an inmate at the Jess Dunn Correctional Center in Taft, Okla.

He pled guilty in Grady County, to endeavoring to manufacture methamphetamine.

Reportedly out searching for anhydrous ammonia when the rest of the lab was busted on Nov.  5, 2004, Pearcy was picked up by a trooper while walking south along Hwy.  81 the next day.

At a joint preliminary hearing on March 30, co-conspirator Nathan Falk made a plea agreement with the District Attorney's Office, then took the stand to testify against Pearcy.

Bound over on the charge, Pearcy followed the advice of his counsel Al Hoch and accepted a deal that would give him 10 years to serve and 10 years probation, while serving a 10 year sentence for Caddo County concurrently.

In prison, Pearcy has kept himself busy.

Being the valedictorian of his G.E.D.  class, Pearcy has received a full scholarship for an associates degree from Conners State College in Warner, Okla.

"I'm looking forward to attending college classes in the spring semester," Pearcy said.

Pearcy has also received A.A., Homes of Honor and Alcoholics & Narcotics Victorious.

"My involvement in Homes of Honor has given me the tools to use in rebuilding my relationship with my children and my ex-wife and family," Pearcy said.

But what keeps Pearcy motivated is thoughts of the future.  Pearcy is up for parole in September of 2008.

He said he looks forward to his release so that he can pursue a degree in psychology and work to become a drug counselor.

"I hope to help others who have been misguided by the drug culture," Pearcy said, "By helping others, I will continue to help myself."