Though I may not be considered an expert by some, I do have firsthand experience in the field.
Tag: Recidivism
Electronic Chain-2019
Having served over 30-years in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prison, I walked out of an era with demons and dragons trying to hold me back as I reentered a society, unlike the one I left behind in 1988.
I had never used a cellphone, been on the Internet, or experienced life on the Outside without chains wrapped around my waist, wrists, and ankles.
Revising a Life-2
The Revised Life I now live does not include committing crimes or doing things I shouldn’t be doing if I want to remain a free citizen, a Returning Citizen to society, not to the prison system.
Employee #1
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Revising a Life by Wayne T. Dowdy
Revising a Life While walking with a friend at the McDonough Goodwill Store and Donation Center, I snapped the above photo of Kirklands’ Autumn Plaque and two pictures. Snapping quality photos is a natural skill for me, as is evident by my 18-million views on Google Maps displayed in the screenshot below. Revising a Life…
Life After Release-8
Life Goes On and I am okay with the life I have, though it is not how I imagined it would be before I walked out of the prison gates as a free man.
Looking for a Prince or Princess?
Handsome, huh? Who thinks he (or she) becomes a prince or princess with a kiss from that special person, the one with magic lips? Not me. Sorry, I don’t believe in fairy tales. Sometimes I feel like a rejected frog who is a real prince but I refuse to allow emotions to control me to…
Successful Returning Citizen
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).
Life After Release-6
LIFE AFTER RELEASE My life after release continues to be in the present, as I have not become a recidivist who got out of prison only to return with a new charge(s) or for a technical violation on supervised release. For me it is easy since I don’t do anything I’m not supposed to do:…
Personal Progress in 2020 by Wayne T. Dowdy
My faith in my Higher Power I chose to call God, and my life of sobriety got me to where I am today. Had I not stopped using the drugs and alcohol that helped get me to prison, I would not be alive today and would not have been blessed by getting to walk out of the prison doors to begin a new life.