Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Those who give us hope: Luke Keller and the guys at FCI Sandstone
A few weeks ago I took my clinic students up to FCI Sandstone, a federal prison a few hours north of here. The visit was arranged by the staff there and Luke Keller, who serving a very long sentence for a narcotics crime.
Today I opened a package from Luke, and it was full of these three guys-- toys made by the men at Sandstone for the kids of my clinic students (two of them are fathers of very young children). It came with instructions about who was to get which toy.
That kind of generosity always takes my breath away. They listened when we visited, and remembered who had kids and how old and what they liked. Then they made these toys by hand with those kids in mind. The truth is that I am a long way from that kind of attentiveness and kindness, and the fact that I am shown the way by those in prison is a good lesson for me.
