About us

Hampden County Freedom Trail was established by Ray Rebollo, Angel Diaz, Tabue K. Smiley, and anonymous others at MCI Norfolk in 2022. Today, we are a group of incarcerated people, families, and friends in support of a Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU) in Hampden County.

Not all of our incarcerated members have been wrongfully convicted. Regardless of the issues in a member’s individual case, we believe that conviction review is an effective tool to free our people and bring them back home. We support creating a Hampden County CIU even if it does not affect our individual cases.

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