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| Finding Freedom in Prison |
| By gtweekly.com |
| Published: 09/05/2013 |
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The facts are staggering. Between 1982 and 2000, California’s prison population grew by 500 percent, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). The CDCR spends almost $11 billion annually, funding 70,000 employees to oversee and supervise inmates at 33 state prisons at an average cost of $49,000 per prisoner. No other country incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than the United States. Equally disconcerting is that within the gray walls of these monolithic structures, the voices, stories and rights of prisoners are rarely heard or acknowledged. The sobering reality has fueled the makings of a sea change for one local entity called the Inside Men’s Foundation, which is committed to the inner personal growth of men in prison. The assembly of trust is the brainchild of several local men: Mohan Siegel, Paul Henri, Lucas Roy Leham, Jay Saber, Marc L'Ecluse, Malcolm Dydo and James Urgo. The men met more than a decade ago while undergoing a training offered by the ManKind Project (MKP), a global nonprofit, which, among other things, empowers men to “missions of service” and supports them to “make a difference in the lives of others.” Read More. |
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