When Bradford Gamble died, he was surrounded by his family. The 65-year-old had been imprisoned for nearly a lifetime — 46 years — before he learned he was dying of cancer. With the help of activists on both sides of the prison walls, Gamble fought relentlessly to win his freedom.
Gamble was one of only 33 people who have successfully petitioned Pennsylvania courts for “compassionate release” in the last 13 years. His friend and tireless supporter Bryant Arroyo, currently still incarcerated at SCI Coal Township, said in April, “He was so adamant about not dying here under these particular circumstances that he was willing to do exactly what he needed to do in order to try to obtain his release.” (spotlightpa.org, April 21)
Only two others have been granted compassionate release since Gamble was released in March. One, Howard White, died only days after he was released from custody to a hospice.
“I didn’t make it out here just to say, I’m home. I got more to do,” Gamble told Workers World when he was released from prison a mere five months ago. “One thing Mr. Arroyo taught me is to never give up. Never stop fighting. If you can’t fight for yourself, fight for somebody else. I always told him, if I make it out of here — and we didn’t know, at that time, we really didn’t know — if I get out, I’m gonna touch somebody’s heart. And I’m gonna put them in a position to touch somebody else’s heart.”
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