Ralph Hamm is serving a non capital first offence life sentence for ‘intent’, stemming from a criminal episode that occurred in 1968— when he was seventeen years old. During his 41 years of impriso...ver maisRalph Hamm is serving a non capital first offence life sentence for ‘intent’, stemming from a criminal episode that occurred in 1968— when he was seventeen years old. During his 41 years of imprisonment he has aided in spearheading Massachusetts’ prison remorm movement, has earned degrees in liberal arts, divinity, metaphysics, and paralegal; as well as developed into a published poet, playwright, musician, and artist. In 2007 he was acknowledged as a contributor to the book, When the Prisoners Ran Walpole by Jamie Bissonette— a forerunner to Manumission.ver menos