WPAs Executive Director, Georgia Lerner, dispelling myths about alternatives to incarceration: Lerner said being out in the community can be harder than serving jail or prison time, despite the demeaning treatment that often accompanies life behind bars. In prison, somebody tells you who you are—that you’re nothing, that you can’t think, she said. But we tell you that you have to be responsible. We respect people, and we really try to help people take stock and really do the harder internal work. It’s likely to be more painful and difficult, but it helps people become whole in a way that frees them to be able to move forward. via Meredith Derby Berg
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 18:01:45 +0000
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