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Re-entry and life after prison conversations hosted by Cleveland Bell, CEO of Riverside House, a re-entry facility in Miami, Florida. We support re-entry and encourage others to bloom where they are planted, to share stories of challenges being overcome, and to remind each listener that life is a continual transformation process. You are your future self in the making! Forget your past, forgive yourself, and begin again right now.

This podcast will feature a special interview with ex-offenders and parolees discussing the next chapter of their lives.

The US has the largest criminal justice system in the world. Because they spend enough time in prison to disrupt their connections to their families and their communities, they are not prepared for the difficult and often life-threatening process of reentry. As a result, the percentage of these people who return to a life of crime and additional prison time escalates each year. Beyond Bars is the most current, practical, and comprehensive guide for ex-convicts and their families about managing a successful reentry into the community.

This book, which describes the author's one man crusade for a new penal rehabilitation program, known as The Seventh Step, takes you right into the drama of prison life. In 1963, Bill Sands, an ex convict, and the Reverend James Post formulated a self-help group in the Kansas State Prison. This first pre-release program adopted a slogan and guidelines that are the basis of The Seventh Step programs today.