Reentry that Works!
"A little over two weeks after I got out of jail, I was given a second chance—and that opportunity changed my life."
—Jeremy Hayse
"My life was created with purpose and meaning. Today I am a new creation and I pledge my life to serve Jesus Christ…"
—Michael Tunstall, DOC #210343
"I'm privileged to have experienced incarceration."
—Jason Lee Bayles #A302843
"I believed a lot of the enemy's lies over the years, [I believed] that I would never amount to anything, I was a nobody and could never achieve anything…"
—Trish
While comedy allows us to laugh at our shared frustrations in life, like the issue issue of technical conundrums, those are minuscule problems next to the challenges of reentering after a long prison sentence. Reentrants don't have a "password."
"Don't you realize you're violating our privileges here? When we're asked to leave, we leave!"
—Charles Coleson
"I remember the sinking feeling when the mail cart would pass my cell. The squeak of the wheels passing reminded me that I did not matter to a single person outside that concrete box."
—Anonymous
"After doing 23 years in prison so many connections were just gone..."
—Jessie Rosbia
"Most no-nonsense black mommas like mine often warned us of two things: One, don't you ever think you gonna call my house from jail. Two, I bet not ever wake up and see you on the news."
— Adrian Russell
Someone Asked: "What are the two worst problems faced by the world today?"
The Wise Man Answered: "I don't know and I don't care."
Crazy as it sounds, the wise man was right.
--Anonymous
