Jim's Quotes

For most people leaving incarceration, just the number of decisions can feel overwhelming. Can they find an apartment complex that will rent to them? How should they explain their record to an employer? How will they get to work, purchase groceries, attend appointments, or rebuild relationships changed by years of absence? The stress and pressure can be staggering. Rod is not alone.

"Imagine if the worst day of your life defined you forever"

--Michelle Cirocco

"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

"Sorry, but your password must contain at least 8 characters, a symbol or number, a hieroglyph, a haiku, a musical note, the feather of a hawk, and a drop of unicorn blood"

—Anonymous

"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

"If you have zero money coming in, the probability 
of you committing a crime is extremely high"

—Keidrian Brewster

"There's a big difference between 'I have to work'
and 'I want to work'"

—Fredrick Hatton

"If you can't fly, then run, if you can't run, then walk, if you can't walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Most of them were bleeding, and we did nothing to stop the bleeding"
—Phil Moore