Robin Cullen was convicted of second-degree manslaughter and given an eight-year sentence. She served three. Cullen contributes the story Christmas in Prison.
While in prison, Robin volunteered as a teacher's aide, a literacy volunteer, and a backup puppy trainer for the National Education of Assistance Dogs project. She also worked in data entry for the Department of Transportation and served as a lector for the Catholic Mass.
Robin later became certified through the Amherst Writers and Artists Institute to teach therapeutic writing after she was released from prison. Today, she owns a painting company called Color Outside the Lines.
Couldn't Keep It to Myself: Testimonies from Our Imprisoned Sisters