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Alix Benjamin (PA)

Smart Communications/PA DOC
Alix Benjamin KV9343
SCI Coal Township
P.O. Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

My name is Alix Benjamin. I was born and raised in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. I came to America in 1989 and lived in Brooklyn, New York. My father, whom I barely knew, brought me and my siblings to the U.S. and passed away shortly afterward from a heart attack when I was twelve years old. My oldest sister, Monique, was eighteen and she couldn’t take custody of the younger siblings. We were placed into foster care because my mother was still living in Haiti and we had lost contact with her. There were four of us in foster care together. When I was sixteen and my sister Tabitha was eighteen, Monique received custody of us. Our lives were like a roller coaster under the supervision of a social worker. We eventually grew out of the supervision cycle by maintaining a productive life pursuing education and developing a path for success.

At the age of twenty-three, I got married and my wife Peggy bore us a miracle son. He was a miracle because of Peggy’s Lupus illness which took her life at the age of twenty-six. She left me with our beautiful son, Alix Jr., who was born premature due to Peggy’s illness. He was born one pound, two ounces, six months premature and diagnosed with multiple complications.

I decided to move to Pennsylvania when Alix Jr. was three years old to start a new life. I met a dear friend of the family who happened to be a good Samaritan. Marjory welcomed me and my son into her family. She was a single mother with two children and taking care of other family members living with her. I became a father figure to her children and our friendship developed into a more romantic feeling. We became engaged, then married, and then we had a beautiful daughter together. During the early years of our marriage, something occurred that took a negative turn for the worse. I made some decisions which lead me down to a path of being convicted for thirteen to twenty-seven years in prison. I have served the minimum as of September 2025 and was denied parole on the first meeting. I am keeping hope that I will be granted parole next year.

During my incarceration, I have been drawn to seeking knowledge and wisdom. I am a servant to the Lord and others. I believe that this journey I am on is not just for me. I began writing Words of Encouragement as a testimony of hope, peace, love, and stability through crisis, hardships, and trials. I believe that the Lord spoke to me and encouraged me to share my Words of Encouragement to others.