Jack Lawrence

There was no such thing as an iPhone.

The iPod hadn't even been released.

No social media, no emails, Skype, or podcasts.

Junior will be coming out to a world that he's not used to.

One day when he called, we spoke about his feelings about being back out in the real world.

Hey, buddy.

Hey, how you doing, Jack?

Good, man.

How are you?

How's your day been?

Are you nervous about that when you get out?

Like, you know, trying to adjust?

Because, I mean, you've basically spent essentially your entire life from 15 till you're 40.

Junior is taking it upon himself to get ready for his eventual release and life back on the outside.

Time and again with the men and women I speak with, they tell me how there is just no system in place to help prepare people for the outside.

Prison is simply a warehouse to hold someone for a length of time deemed appropriate by the courts, and then they are sent packing back into society.

What happens...

In many cases, it's those people end up right back where they were.

Now, I know what a lot of people will be thinking listening to this.

These are grown adults that need to take responsibilities for themselves and their actions.