Prison Family Archives - Prison: The Hidden Sentence

Bill Baroni – From Bridge To Bars And Back To Helping Others

By Editor / 10/12/2022 / 1 Comment

Imagine being found to be wrongly convicted after serving three months of your sentence. That’s what happened to Bill Baroni. In this podcast, Bill discusses what he was charged with in the Bridgegate scandal, what he learned about incarceration, and the importance of communication and visitation to keep the prison family together – those behind bars and those on the outside. He has seen the law from all sides now and talks about what […]

Visiting Prison With Children

By Editor / 05/19/2021 / 2 Comments

Having a loved one incarcerated can be a difficult situation, and it can become doubly difficult when you factor children into the mix. How do we help children deal with the burden of having parents in prison? How do you organize prison visits with children? Julia Lazareck sits down and talks with Neela Hoeppner about the trials and challenges her family faced, and continue to face, during her husband’s incarceration. Neela didn’t always have all […]

Both Parents Incarcerated

By Editor / 05/15/2019 / 0 Comments

Having Both Parents Incarcerated Led To a Career in Understanding and Helping Others Julia, CEO and founder of Prison: The Hidden Sentence™, met Bree in Las Vegas a few years ago. This interview took place in Dallas at the International Prisoners’ Family Conference. Bree recently graduated from the University of Nevada – Las Vegas, and is currently a professor at Wichita State University. She’s originally from Nevada, and her childhood was not the traditional or […]

Ridge Project Helping Families and Reducing Recidivism

By Editor / 03/30/2019 / 0 Comments

Julia: This is Julia with Prison: The Hidden Sentence™. I’m here at the International Prisoners Family Conference with Ron and Cathy Tijerina from the RIDGE Project. Their program is called Tyro and is instrumental family reunification and in reducing recidivism. Thank you so much for joining me here today. This has been such a great conference. It’s day three. You can listen to the interview here: (Minor edits for readability) Ron: And to be here […]

Prison Families Anonymous

By Editor / 03/05/2019 / 33 Comments

I interviewed Barbara Allen at the International Prisoners Family Conference. She is the founder of Prison Families Anonymous and has been supporting prisoners’ families for over 50 years. You can listen to her story here. (Minor edits for readability) Julia: Barbara was one of the many key speakers on the first day of the International Prisoners Family Conference. Barbara, thanks for joining me. Barbara Allan: Thank you for having me. It’s an honor. Julia: Well, […]

Underwire Bra Dilemma

By Editor / 12/08/2018 / 5 Comments

Visitor’s Cannot Wear Underwire Bra If you are a woman, could you imagine being turned away from visiting your loved one because of the type of bra you’re wearing? Well nowadays you can be turned away from a visit if you are wearing an underwire bra. Phyllis witnessed an event with an elderly woman who, well, let’s hear how she tells the story: Phyllis’ recount of the day she witnessed an elderly woman that was […]