Hi, I'm Jan, the mother of my beloved son Jeremiah, aka Jere, aka Milo, aka Scyence, and so forth.
Jeremiah is coming home after two decades spent inside the belly of the beast known as CDCR (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation).
Jeremiah is due to come home within the month of March 2026.
His housing is with me, but he will need financial assistance to help secure basic needs as he works to reintegrate into society as follows:
- Clothing
- Backpack
- Transportation
- Schooling (Coastline College Acquired Brain Injury program)
- Laptop
- Writing supplies
- Medications and supplements not covered by his Medi-Cal
- Dental implants (he had most of his teeth extracted in prison, leaving him without any molars and very few front teeth).
- Medical specialists, i.e., neurologist and neurosurgeon (a recent diagnostic MRI shows his C-spine and T-spine to be in a severe state of decline, and he must have 2 surgeries to stabilize it)
- Jeremiah was diagnosed with kidney disease, psoriasis, and thyroidism along with several other autoimmune diseases during his incarceration which will require ongoing specialist care.
I will set up a special account specifically for these funds and will disperse them as warranted.
Here's his back story in part.
At age 17, Jere was involved in an MVA where he was ejected from the car while it was rolling over several times, resulting in a severe TBI (traumatic brain injury) and a broken neck. The trauma team told me he had less than a 50 percent chance of survival.
After a craniotomy to remove a deadly blood clot on his brain, and later surgery to repair and stabilize his C-spine to prevent quadriplegia, I was told he was young, so he might walk out of the hospital or remain helpless for life.
After weeks of bedside vigils and fervent prayers, God heard our prayers, letting Jeremiah live and walk out of the hospital. However, he was different due to the severe damage to his brain. Working hard in his rehabilitation, he relearned everything as though he was an infant: eating, talking, walking, reading, writing, tying his shoes, etc. When he was discharged, he was like a 3-year-old. Lots of spills, frustration, and tantrums. But he had residuals in his cognitive ability and executive functions, making it difficult for him to understand his world with a broken brain. Even so, he was determined to get better and be more independent.
Sadly, he was different from the smart, fun-loving joker his friends knew him to be, and they began to leave him by the wayside, except for a few guys who have supported and walked by his side during his prison journey.
Turning to drugs eased his pain and loneliness and was also the catalyst to prison.
CDCR doesn't have the knowledge of understanding brain injury and treatment to help a prisoner, so they are punished when they act out, which he did, a lot. In October 2025, he was to parole home. CDCR parole conditions sent him to Atascadero State Hospital, where he has had to prove he didn't have a mental illness and doesn't belong there. The appeals judge sided with him, and he is to be released back home with me and his sister, Rebekah, within the month of March.
Your contributions, any amount, will be appreciated to help him make ends meet as he learns to navigate a new world. Most of all, please keep him and our family in your prayers.
With love, appreciation, and prayers,
Jan
Contributions can be anonymous.
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