Ferlandria Porter of Canton, holds a photograph of her 5-year-old self and her father, Ferlando Esco, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. Esco has been incarcerated for nearly 20 years. Porter is advocating for a law that would allow habitual offenders to be eligible for parole. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Ferlando Esco hasn’t been home in nearly 20 years.
The former Canton resident is serving a life sentence in Mississippi’s prisons not because he was convicted of killing or seriously hurting anyone. The 50-year-old received that sentence under the state’s habitual offender law.
