Featured Story
Michelle, 41
“Just because I am wearing green and hidden from society, inside this cell, does not make me a monster or a bad lady.”
Shawnda, 43
I became addicted because it made me comfortable in my own skin.
Ronald, 48
No matter how others may look down upon me because of my mistakes that put me in prison, they can never take this memory away from me. Trophies and medals become old and tarnished but love never loses its shine!
Pedro, 32
You can choose to learn in here or not. In the beginning I chose not to care, but as I got older and saw what prison was becoming, I started seeing the light. Not only for my sanity, but for my family and my daughter.
Jocelyn, 32
I look forward to making a name for myself as an African American transgender artist.
Sarah, 39
I believe that sometimes it takes a true friend to show us that we are special and even behind walls we deserve to be happy and loved.
Paul, 42
The power of gentleness, especially amid the tough exteriors of prisoners, is not to be underestimated.
Terence, 47
My education has given me the clarity and understanding of how to be accountable. It’s like I have the answers to the test. The test of life. I’m a work in progress which started when I enrolled in the Hudson Link- Mercy College. Today I can say that I don’t hate myself anymore. I’ve even started to learn to like myself and maybe one day I’ll learn to love myself too.
Trell, 31
I took enough time in between to think that in this world, when it’s all said and done it’s just you, which is all I ever really needed.
John, 47
Every day on my way to school I’d pass by one particular homeless man who always greeted me with a smile and a kind word.
Jennifer, 39
Prison is not designed to change a person, only you have the power to change yourself.