Your Voice
Wendi’s son was arrested and spent 10 years in prison. She shares her story about what it was like when her son was arrested, the court sentence, driving him to prison to serve his sentence and the things she learned during the 10 years he spent in prison. She also shares the joy of what it was like the day he was released from prison. Transcript: (Edited for ease of reading) “I have no idea what […]
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A Mom’s Story My daughter, Delores, was on the wrong path for many years. My husband, our adult children, and I agreed that she should no longer live with us. She had signed herself into a local mental health facility where she was being treated for bipolar disorder and drug addiction. So she wasn’t living with us at the time we received the call. When she called she was hysterical and cried, “MOM, I killed […]
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Mom’s Prison Sentence You say you’re in hell paying your debt. Well, I’m in solitary confinement, on this you can bet. You are forced to face and pay for your error. I hide from living life, stay to self, avoid mirrors. I can’t even gaze my own eyes in reflection. The hurt is so deep it’s like an infection. Alone I remain in my own hidden pain and hope everyday, that you change your direction. […]
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Life Lessons Learned from Inmates When I was a Prison Teacher My education as a prison teacher came from the inmates themselves. As one who has always had a healthy interest in the criminal justice system and who had childhood aspirations to become a police officer or prosecutor, never did I imagine that I would get such a valuable education in my previous position as an Adult Basic Education/GED teacher in prison as I have and […]
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Sending Money and Supplies to Friend in Prison My friend was incarcerated and needed money and supplies while he was serving his sentence. He was arrested because he was driving with an expired registration. It didn’t happen just once; he was driving with an expired registration and was stopped, and stopped again, and stopped again. He was finally arrested and put in jail. Over the course of about two months he was in and out […]
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