1,000 individuals were chosen from online sex-offender databases. The internet was employed in discovering their addresses and a letter was sent to each person offering questions and an opportunity to anonymously express unresolved thoughts, experiences, details, emotions and circumstances around the event responsible for their registration.
A selection of the questions included:
Do you feel you were rightfully or wrongfully accused? If you feel you are responsible for trauma inflicted on another person, is there anything you would like to express to them? If you feel you were wrongfully accused, is there anything you would like to express to the accuser, arresting officer or anyone else involved in the event? Are there experiences from your past that you believe contributed to your part in this situation? How has this event changed the way you experience your life?
For those who would like to express remorse, please send a clipping of your hair as a physical sign of sacrifice.
The individuals had the option of either emailing responses or sending letters to a PO Box reserved for this project. Out of 1000 people, 167 responses were received, including 32 letters with hair clippings. 10 individuals apologized for being unable to send hair clippings as incarceration prevented them from gaining access to sharp tools.
Responses were transcribed by the artist, scrolled and sealed within glass vials. The original responses were burned to preserved the promised anonymity.