Johnny Valenciano has been incarcerated since he was 18 years old. Now 32, he spent the better part of that time in the state’s highest security prison: the Idaho Maximum Security Institution.
For six of those years, he lived in a cell by himself in solitary confinement.
Valenciano told the Idaho Statesman things shifted for him when the COVID-19 pandemic hit. He was locked down in his cell and given 15 minutes reprieves every 36 hours which he used to quickly shower and call family…