Featured Story
Liliana “Lily”, 30
“I witnessed an awe-inspiring sense of beauty and tranquility…”
LaShawn, 41
Meet LaShawn......I'm stronger because I had to be. I'm smarter because of my mistakes. I'm happier because of the sadness I've known, and now wiser because I learned. And in the end... God always gives his toughest battles to his strongest...
Arthur, 39
“Billy – this is Pit, if you read this I want to thank you. Way back then – you changed my life and I doubt you knew it!”
Keiyo, 43
“Twenty one years in prison has been extremely challenging and difficult. I’ve still been able to achieve a clear and much needed defined view of who I am and what my true purpose in life really is.”
Gene, 53
“I met Steve, who had volunteered for a prison program that paired up victims and assailants as part of a rehabilitation process. Within the short three months that Steve and I conversed, he gave me a new lens to view the world with too, and I will always be grateful for his generosity in helping me understand the difference between independence and interdependent living.”
Richard, 48
“It is vital that we must build trust with the outside world, and that the only way to do so is by sharing our stories, and putting a Human face to those of us who reside in institutions”
Gregory, 31
“This life we have is short, and poverty of the mind, will make you pass it by.”
Scott, 51
“I have heard stories like this from several men in prison over the years, how great it was and that they have grown close, shared many visiting days together, and built wonderful relationships with their children and grandchildren. This, however, would not be my story.”
Joshua, 30
The last person in the world I thought would be there for me has been there since day one, and that’s my mom. My mom got clean and she’s been holding me down when everyone else faded away.
Kristal, 29
“I really want to be a couples and marriage counselor,
and let people know when you really love someone,
you don’t hurt them, ever for any reason.”
Adriel, 43
“I knew by the age of 5 that I was born in the wrong body. But I couldn’t tell that to my parents, because the machismo was running rampant in my home. If you were born a boy, you acted like a boy.”