From Inmate to Advocate
Subtitle: A Journey of Transformation
Edition: First Editiion
Publisher: The Begin Within Initiative, LLC / Independently Published
Published: 08/27/2025
Place of publication: Columbus Ohio, USA
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9798998990007
Copyright date: 2025
First sentence: Throughout history, people have made choices driven by personal needs, shaped by the circumstances around them.
Notes: First edition published through Amazon KDP and IngramSpark. Includes memoir, poetry, and reflections on incarceration and reentry.
Table of contents: label: Foreword
title: xiii; label: Preface
title: xix; label: Dedication
title: xxiv; label: Acknowledgments
title: xxvii; label: Introduction
title: xxxiv; label: Chapter 1: The Cost of My Choices: The Hustle, The Illusion, The Truth
title: 1; label: Chapter 2: The Thin Line Between Justice and Judgment: Society’s Choice
title: 13; label: Chapter 3: The Hidden Cost of Incarceration: Who’s Accountable?
title: 37; label: Chapter 4: Dignity and Respect: A System in Question
title: 52; label: Chapter 5: Education or Rehabilitation: Justice or Just-US
title: 67; label: Chapter 6: When Solutions Become Problems: Reflection or Deflection
title: 85; label: Chapter 7: Sexuality in Prison: A Double-Edged Sword
title: 104; label: Chapter 8: Don’t Drop the Soap: Beyond the Joke
title: 116; label: Chapter 9: The Realities of Prison Life: The Role We Play
title: 125; label: Chapter 10: A System on Trial: Breaking the Cycle
title: 138; label: Chapter 11: My Journey and the Call for Real Change
title: 153; label: Chapter 12: Emerging from the Shadows with a Purpose
title: 166; label: Epilogue
title: 181; label: Resources for Reentry and Criminal Justice Reform
title: 187