Prison Reform: The Power of Personal Transformation

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See yourself sitting behind a glass window, looking longingly to the other side. On the other side of the window sits your brother or sister, all locked up. You are connected by nothing but an old phone line. They are wearing their shabby prison uniform, which is encrusted with dirt because it hasn’t been washed. Everyone that cares about your sibling, your mom, your dad, your grandparents, and hopefully yourself, wish that after they have spent their due amount of time in prison, your sibling will reform themselves. To reform themselves, your brother or sister needs to change themselves for a greater good. Do you believe that if they put their mind and soul to improving themselves, your sibling could leave their criminal record in the past?

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