If you have a supportive family I assume you're OK. It's the ones that have been forgotten that face so much hardship. If they went in young they can very well have been left behind in the grand scheme of a family. I cannot imagine what that's like but I can see why some would rather go back than try to figure out how to survive.

We on the outside have always been led to believe inmates get their Masters' degrees for free while they are serving time. That is not true.

Thanks for this information.