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Since dabbling in drug dealing as a young man, Joseph Johnson’s life has spiraled downward despite his careful obedience to street smarts.
Finally, in the Hole (a prison within prison), honest conversation with wiser inmates sparks a change of heart and mind. As Joseph explores what it means to improve himself, and to help others improve themselves, his life begins to blossom and broaden: new friends, new purpose, new challenges, new allies, new enemies, and at last a new and precious freedom. Read Joseph's Redemption Story, by Paul Pommells, and his new and precious freedom can be yours! |
"Redemption Story reveals the evolution I have personally witnessed in the lives of thousands of prisoners. From the "prison culture" mentality to the Prison Release Gate and beyond, the main character, Joseph, consistently makes the daily choices which ultimately break dysfunctional cycles. As the book states, this transformation leads to the design of noble traditions that endure.
Redemption Story puts into words the vision I have for effective corrections: Academy-like education and peer-facilitated study with the essential component of permitting those living lives of service to do so in their home towns and communities. Together we can pave the way for the emerging reality and Paul Pommells provides the story to take us there." --- Coach Taylor (Mara Leigh Taylor, Founder & Executive Director of GOGI) |
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"Paul Pommells' book is engaging and riveting. This is a masterfully-written account of life in prison and the road to rehabilitation."
--- Marvin Avila, Ed.D. |
"Author Paul Pommells portrays vividly and realistically the common ethnic person caught up in a drop-out society. Despite the darkness of the prison system, Inmate Joseph realizes he has choices. This book of transformation is a must-read for we who choose to make a difference for a better world."
--- Sister Mary Sean Hodges, O.P. |
"Redemption Story guides you through our prison system, not as a tourist but as an inmate. Yet in this Redemption Story we take the black hole of the prison and fill it with positive energy, so that a new star is born. It shines because of a spiritual technology that allows it to sing:
Something within me that holdeth the rain Something within me that vanishes pain Something within me I cannot explain Thank you, Paul, for introducing us, inmates and all, to that Something!" --- Reverend Cecil L. Murray, USC Professor of Religion, and the John R. Tansey Chair of Christian Ethics |
