“I looked down at all the scars—prostate surgery, the feeding tube, the collapsed lung from motocross… even the chemoport that still looks like a boil. And instead of pain, I just felt gratitude. Each mark tells the story of how I got here.

I realized—I’m already my future healed self. My body’s just catching up. And in that moment, I just stood there… honoring it all.”

-Community Awards Recipient

“I have been studying the mind for my entire time of incarceration (63 months). All in all, I believe that changing the way we feel, think, and react as inmates will help us become better men and not be a statistic of recidivism.”

-Prison Program Participant