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Unlocked: Keys to Getting Out & Staying Out
If you continue life down your current path you will spend the rest of your life in prison.
The time between you reading this and you walking out the gate crawls at a snail’s pace, yet seems so close. You’re both excited and scared to death. Maybe this is not your first time, but your second, maybe even your third. What does time hold for you—Success, Failure? What can you do differently this time, to stay out? Written by veteran prison officer Chance Johnmeyer of New Hampshire and Florida with contributions from several former inmates, Unlocked: Keys to Getting Out & Staying Out is an honest guide for those re-entering society. Combining compassion, experience, and practical advice, Unlocked talks straight about the challenges facing released inmates as they try to reestablish life on the outside. Filled with exercises, real-life suggestions, and a resource guide for Florida inmates, Unlocked is your pocket guide to embracing freedom and starting over--the right way.
The time between you reading this and you walking out the gate crawls at a snail’s pace, yet seems so close. You’re both excited and scared to death. Maybe this is not your first time, but your second, maybe even your third. What does time hold for you—Success, Failure? What can you do differently this time, to stay out? Written by veteran prison officer Chance Johnmeyer of New Hampshire and Florida with contributions from several former inmates, Unlocked: Keys to Getting Out & Staying Out is an honest guide for those re-entering society. Combining compassion, experience, and practical advice, Unlocked talks straight about the challenges facing released inmates as they try to reestablish life on the outside. Filled with exercises, real-life suggestions, and a resource guide for Florida inmates, Unlocked is your pocket guide to embracing freedom and starting over--the right way.
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Published January 1, 2016
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August 1, 2016
This book offers extremely basic tips and guidance. It might be helpful to somebody reentering the outside world who has not at all read or studied any motivational / psychological literature prior to their release date.
June 7, 2016
Let me just say this; DON'T WATCH MSNBC'S LOCKUP!!!! That show is pure reality T.V that's mixed with trash. Well, at least that's just my opinion. I'm just someone who purely hates reality T.V. If you really want to know what prison is like or if you want a career as a correctional officer or especially if you are a prisoner who is about to be released from jail, I highly recommend this book by Chance A. Johnmeyer. This book is not a fictional story. The book is basically a guide or a self help book for those who need help in building a new life after living a confined life. This book exists for many different reasons but I would like to state one reason; our prison system isn't working. Prisons are to reform people so that they don't re-commit crimes when they are let out. Yet look at the amount of people who are brought back to jail for repeated offenses. As prison officials try to re-build the prison system, we have books like Johnmeyer's to help those who not only need a guide to build a new life but who also deserve a second chance.
Chance A. Johnmeyer has been a correctional officer for many years and with the help of several prisoners, they bring to the world a guide that I am sure will keep people away from prison or will make sure that ex-prisoners never return. Meaning, just because you've never been in trouble with the law, doesn't mean that you shouldn't read this book. Even if you're aware of the differences between right and wrong, you should still read this book. I personally believe that you can never have too much guidance in the right direction. As for people who actually need a guide to a better life after prison; GET THIS BOOK!!! After you read the prisoners' stories and their struggles as well as Johnmeyer's life as an officer, you are for sure to find the desire to lead a better life. I'm not saying that this guide will one-hundred percent guarantee you a life without prison. It's up to you the person to learn from this book. If you choose not to learn from it, guess where you'll be heading back to?
Chance A. Johnmeyer has been a correctional officer for many years and with the help of several prisoners, they bring to the world a guide that I am sure will keep people away from prison or will make sure that ex-prisoners never return. Meaning, just because you've never been in trouble with the law, doesn't mean that you shouldn't read this book. Even if you're aware of the differences between right and wrong, you should still read this book. I personally believe that you can never have too much guidance in the right direction. As for people who actually need a guide to a better life after prison; GET THIS BOOK!!! After you read the prisoners' stories and their struggles as well as Johnmeyer's life as an officer, you are for sure to find the desire to lead a better life. I'm not saying that this guide will one-hundred percent guarantee you a life without prison. It's up to you the person to learn from this book. If you choose not to learn from it, guess where you'll be heading back to?
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