by Nikki | May 15, 2025
“It was a great help to me as a single mom to have someone show they cared for my daughter and I by taking time to bring Christmas gifts to us.” Juanita Buie grew up on the west side of Chicago and came to know Chicagoland Prison Outreach through a...
by Nikki | May 15, 2025
Jordan Coley says she was just in the right place at the right time. She had spent a brief time with Safer Foundation, a non-profit focused on development of those with a criminal record, when her mother saw a Facebook post advertising free vocational classes at a...
by Nikki | May 15, 2025
Johnathon entered Cook County Jail in 2014 and after four years of carrying the weight of his situation his life was changed, “I ended up going to some place I didn’t want to be which was the Life Learning...
by Nikki | May 15, 2025
Calvin Yoder was born and raised in an Amish family and made the choice to leave the community at age 16. He was arrested after robbing his parents at a young age and found himself in prison. While incarcerated in Westville, Indiana, he received a flyer for the Life...
by Nikki | Mar 16, 2025
As a young child, I had both parents, but they were working parents so I was always with my sister. As a child I got everything I wanted and I was good at every sport I played. I don’t know what happened but around seventh grade I was infatuated with things. My...
