Jim's Quotes

A young high school drop out, with lots of convictions gets hit with a drug charge and a five year sentence. In prison, he turns his life over to God and now is the first person to be appointed to a senior leadership position within the Federal Bureau of Prisons after having personally served time in its custody.

"Our prison system and the way it operates is a reflection
of our values as a society."

—Locke Bowman, Civil Rights Attorney

"This isn't a problem of aspirations, it's a problem of discrimination and a lack of opportunities available to people who have been to prison."

—Lucius Couloute, Phd, Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Trinity College

"Our criminal justice system is filled with people who need mental health and substance use care to prevent them from re-entering the system..."

--Debra A. Pinals, M.D. 

"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 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 the execution of Joseph Corcoran this month, we examine the problem of unmedicated and untreated mentally ill people that commit murder and other crimes and pool in our federal and state prisons, which are overwhelmed with the care and treatment they were never designed to provide.

"After doing 23 years in prison so many connections were just gone..."

—Jessie Rosbia

"After being released years ago, I was still a prisoner in my own mind without much needed help"

—Phillips Hollowell

"Easter isn't about colored eggs and bunnies for people in prison…"
—Chuck Colson, founder of Prison Fellowship