Year: 2019

by Jose H.O.P.E. means Healing Of People’s Emptiness. In the Bible, it says to forgive yourself and Christ will forgive your sins. Hope means second chances that you collect and deserve. I’m filled with hope and second chances.  This essay is for the people like the Declaration of Independence. It’s only different because those who feel lonely don’t feel free. Those feelings should change with the powerful meaning of hope and forgiveness. Hope will heal the person’s soul, body and mind. Forgiveness will clean out the sin of the blood, which will let you be cleansed out like the Holy Water. 

by Lisa Strawn Second chances should be a mandatory part of everyone’s lives. As a kid I loved to write and it was my favorite subject in school. Truly, now my writing has changed me into a truthful, grateful, person some fifty years later. In prison being transgendered, my writing has helped so many transgenders to see the beauty in their freedom. Being able to celebrate who you are everyday is something I embrace everyday.   Life experiences that I have faced have given me a second chance to say it’s okay to be who you are, even in a men’s prison. I believe that we

 by Jesus, Santa Cruz Have you ever been in any kind of situation when someone or even yourself is asking or even begging for a second chance? I’m pretty sure we all have at some point in our life. We all make mistakes that we will regret at some point. I have, and I’ve been in so many different kinds of situations where I’m the one asking for another chance or for forgiveness.  The most common situation that we all have as humans is in relationships. This situation can happen to us at any time, and more than likely it will

by Dakota What is a chance? A chance is a opportunity that is given by someone. Chances can both be use for good and for bad. Chances also can be taken for granted. We all have a moment in life where we wish we could take something back. We all have made mistakes. I personally think everyone deserves chances. I think someone could get a to better their life. I have gotten many chances in my life. I have never taken one. I am in Chaves County Detention Center in Roswell, New Mexico, because I used my chances in the

by Xavierre Allen Most of us in prison have looked back on our lives. Some with regret, some with sadness, some with anger. In looking back on your own life, have you ever come across one point in time, one thing or another, one action you did, or turn you made, even one fleeting second where you realize, ‘that was it’? That is where everything changed, nothing was ever the same after that. You had an epiphany where you come to the realization that the decision you made at that moment changed the path you were on for better; or most times, for