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“It's so easy to vilify people. And as I started to know people coming out of prison and seeing what they were dealing with, my heart just went there. It's not a smooth ride. Children are in a family where there is mental illness or addiction, or even a parent who has been in prison. It's called ACEs. They get on this track, they don't do well in school, they get in with the wrong crowd. There's a failure to thrive. If you've had trauma in your life, you can still do great...

I was the normal, reckless derelict, an unsupervised kid who kind of had to figure things out by myself. I would get in trouble all the time, but it was just little stuff until it wasn't. I never thought for a million years I'd ever see prison. I come from a family of alcoholics. We used to sneak drinks as kids. I was a good kid - I got straight A's. But then my dad passed away when I was 14, that's when things started to change. I started drinking and smoking weed. I s

As we reach the end of August 2026, I find myself reflecting with immense gratitude on all that has taken place at Golden Rule ReEntry since we began in 2020 - all the participants who have healed and found their way back into the world, all the support we have received from community partners, advisors, foundations, government agencies, local businesses, and community members. I stand in awe of the Golden Rule staff - a small but mighty team - almost all having endured incar