When Jose looks back on his life, he can clearly see two major turning points: the biggest mistake he ever made and the best decision he ever made. After his abusive father abandoned Jose, his mother and his five siblings, Jose watched as his mother struggled to keep...
Locked away in a segregation unit in a Massachusetts prison, Patrick’s thoughts are thousands of miles away in Kenya where his nephew was shot and killed a month ago. When he first heard the news of his nephew’s death, a close friend came to visit him and brought some...
If you were incarcerated, and you had a chance to return to court, contest your sentence and possibly be released early, would you seize that opportunity? Crossroads student John was presented with just such an opportunity—but he chose to stay in prison. Arrested on...
Prison saved my life. It’s a paradoxical statement that we at Crossroads hear quite often. Most people would describe prison as destructive rather than redemptive. But many Crossroads students tell us exactly the opposite. Fernando has been a Crossroads student for...
Nate grew up in a single-parent home, having very little contact with his father. His mother was strict and even abusive at times, but he found comfort in attending church every week with his great-uncle and his grandmother. Uncle Paul was thrilled when, one Sunday,...
