Unique support program for men in prison

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Those guys are free Black men and make time to come here and help us and stepping into an environment they swore to never come to again! I commend them and have the utmost respect for them.”

– Kemondray Johnson, who participated in the ECHO program at Racine Correctional Institution

Frank Davis and Aaron Hicks, creators of ECHO: Every Choice Holds an Opportunity, contend that very little programming for people in prison is led by people of color or by those who have been incarcerated themselves. Both men served time and are now reaching out to work with others who are still incarcerated and or have been recently released. Criminal Justice Fellow Frank Zufall covers a unique program.

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