Bringing Us Hope
July 2023 | Annual Prison Issue | Featured Section

Bringing Us Hope

A former lifer, now sober and released, returns to prison. But this time he’s there to give back

I want to share some good news with you. There was a man named Don and he did 25 years in prison. The first 15 years, he did whatever he wanted. The last 10, he entered AA, got sober and went home. He had been sentenced to life in prison. People from AA came and spoke up for him at his public hearing and the Michigan Department of Corrections let him go home. He did four years out on parole and then got off. He’s been home now for five years.

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