My journey during incarceration
Prison
My prison journey has been a lot in the time I’ve been here. (I’m a little over a year in as I write this) I started off in a rough dorm but was quickly moved into the pre-honor dorm know as the faith and character dorm. I stayed in the dorm from August 2022- October 2022 , during this time I started a Bible study on Wednesday nights in our quiet room. It started off small but by the time I left we had 12 people! I was then moved to the honor dorm in October 2022 and resided there until may of 2023 when I was moved out to the fire department. During my time in the honor dorm I went from working in the kitchen to the library then to administration and then onto the front hall which is where I worked from January 2023 until May 2023. I completed my two required classes re-entry and motivation for change. I am now at the fire department where I’m studying to take my firefighting exam to become a nationally certified fire fighter!
What’s next?
When I get home I plan to continue my volunteering. I also plan on advocating for different groups against drinking and driving. I pray to be home in time to continue spending days with my grandfather and taking my kids to all of their activities. I plan to do some volunteer fire fighting as well, this program has became something I enjoy and another way for me to give back to my community. I also would like to find more ways to help with my church, they have all been there to give me hope and help me grow in my faith along this journey.