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Jesse Crosson

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I felt like a mistake.

I can't explain why but I just never felt like I belonged or was good enough.

Then I found drugs and alcohol and they felt like the answer.

I made worse and worse decisions until, just after my 18th birthday, my decisions led me to arrest and prison.

Only in prison, having lost everything, did I begin to find the freedom to choose a different way to live.

I got a lot of help, did a lot of work and, after 19 years inside, earned the attention of the Governor of Viginia who believed in me enough to give me a second chance.

Now, I work to help other people free themselves from mental, physical and emotional prisons. Sometimes the work is helping them r ...more

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The Best Part of Prison: The Power of Second Chances and Reclaiming Life Out of Darkness

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