About the Author:

Elias Rothstein is a student at the University of Illinois. During his freshman year at school, he got involved with a group called Prison Concerns (now Community Justice). He joined other concerned students in visiting the local youth detention center. Volunteers would do different activities with the detainees and talk to them about self esteem and problem solving. It was also through Prison Concerns that Elias began writing to Anton Krawczuk. They have been corresponding for almost three years now.