One of the most difficult things about leaving prison is getting back on your feet and not ending up back in prison. It is estimated that two-thirds of people released from prison in the U.S. are rearrested within three years. After serving time, people are routinely discriminated against when tryingContinue Reading
The chances of a dog found on the streets ending up in a stable, happy forever home are, sadly, pretty slim. If you’re a dog like Oscar, who, for reasons unknown, is paralyzed, those chances drop nearly to zero.Oscar was staring at those odds when he was picked up byContinue Reading
Brenda Palms Barber’s honey-products program, Sweet Beginnings, has hired 275 recently released inmates since 2007, giving these men from one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in Chicago a second chance. These men, exiting the state prison system with little formal education or job skills, are being taught the art ofContinue Reading
Good News story from CNN – Queens, New York (CNN) — Kellie Phelan doesn’t mince words when she looks back at herself five years ago.“I was basically a crackhead,” Phelan said. “I literally was getting arrested every other week. I got pregnant by a drug dealer. … I was sevenContinue Reading