One ex-convict is the epitome of the prison society's work, he said. The man spoke at a dinner with the prisoners after he was released, Read said. The man hugged his old cell mate and greeted other people he knew. In his speech to the prisoners, the man said there is a time when prisoners must make a change, and it does not occur when they are released. It occurs in prison, and it must come from within, Read said.
People are successes if they just stay out of prison.