Returning Citizen Success Stories Archives

Help Me By Accepting $10

Posted on June 9, 2025June 15, 2025 by WayneT Dowdy

o receive the $10 coupon, you must be a new user and download the TikTok App.

Shane Bradley Shares

Posted on January 5, 2023April 2, 2023 by Wayne Dowdy

Shane, who is a returning citizen like me who wants to make a positive contribution to society, provides a link at the end of this post from his Space on Quora.com that may be of interest to anyone who has served time in prison or who has a loved one or friend who has been…

Personal Magazines-2

Posted on October 15, 2022April 15, 2025 by Wayne Dowdy

I did not know I had a personal magazine until Confrontation Magazine sent me a complimentary copy that contained an article of mine that was published.

Successful Returning Citizen

Posted on July 25, 2021 by Wayne Dowdy

The main thing today is that we remain free and strive to be successful as returning citizens to show others that positive change is possible and that our past does not define who we are today. Our lives show that returning citizens can stay out of prison to become part of the solution instead of part of the problem (another number in the Mass Incarceration statistics).

Happy Thanksgiving 2025
Thanksgiving Is a Time to Be Grateful & Give Thanks One thing I am grateful and thankful for is that I am NOT a Cooked Turkey on a Table Here are quotes from previous blogs I wrote, one of which came while serving a thirty-five federal sentence (1988-2018). Please search “Thanksgiving” or “gratitude” for more:...
Invitation to Prisoners Who Want to Be Heard
The United States Supreme Court rulings order prison authorities to not violate the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. Georgia ignores it!
Master Number 33 by Wayne T. Dowdy
My goal is to convert my negative experiences into positive ones by sharing my experience, strength, and hope with others, as is common in Twelve Step programs.
What About Unknown Innocence?
There is a God, he thought, as he trotted down the concourse to meet them, free at last.
When Does the Day Start for Federal Prisoners?
High-security prisons that house Maximum Custody inmates, may not allow those inmates to work in certain positions where more readily-available weapons or tools may be used to aid in an escape plan, or during ...
How to Overcome Substance Abuse and Build a Fulfilling Life
Each person’s path in recovery requires patience, grounded tools, and something harder to fake—purpose. Not the abstract kind. The kind you build with your hands, with your habits, with the people you let close again.
WayneT3 on TIKTOK by Wayne T. Dowdy
As a successful returning citizen, one objective is to inspire & encourage others to strive for success, whatever success may be for them and their endeavors.