Thanks to the efforts of Santa Clara University School of Law student Antonio Reza and others like him, a growing number of people leaving prison may be headed to law school. Many people study law while incarcerated. They may want […]
Category Archives: Success Stories
From inmate to Leavenworth mayor: An inspiring story of a man who made a unique journey
While politicians on occasion end up in prison for wrongdoing of one sort or another, Jermaine Wilson took the opposite path. He made it from prison to politics, now serving as the recently appointed mayor of Leavenworth, Kansas And it’s […]
Life after prison: Master guitar maker decides to tell his story
When leaving prison, should you tell the story of your incarceration or keep it a secret? And how long do you wait before you do so? It took master guitar maker Robert Vincent 10 years to tell his story. Now […]
Blackstone Career Institute changed life of former inmate
The thousands of hits we’ve received – and continue to get – on the article we wrote about Blackstone Career Institute three years ago indicates the appeal of the paralegal correspondence course it offers to those in prison. It fact, […]
Vanderbilt students design Triple Thread Apparel to train ex-offenders
Students at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., have created a business to help give job skills and experience to the ex-offenders they share a home with. Their home, Dismas House, a unique halfway house which may be the only one […]
I Have a Bean created to hire ex-offenders
At Jails to Jobs we’re always on the lookout for employers who are ex-offender friendly, but it’s rare to find a company established with the express purpose of hiring them. During a search through the Twitterverse looking for like-minded […]
Dave’s Killer Bread is inspiration for ex-felons
I’m convinced that there are ex-offender success stories all around us. You just have to be on the lookout for them. It happened to me the other day at Safeway. I was in the bread aisle trying to decide what […]