Making assumptions from a middle-class perspective One of the most interesting parts of my job is facilitating classes in prison for both men and women. Ofte...

"Making it work in the legit world." This article is the second in a series we are creating to assist mentors in our Federal Reentry Court here in the distri...

“Questions you should be asking” One question I get a lot from the mentors I work with is, "What sort of questions should I be asking my mentee that will hel...

So here you are, at another reentry coalition meeting, everybody finally finds a seat, the meeting opens and after all the introductions are made someone eve...

Pre-release for Federal Prison Camp I’ve been in a lot of “camping” scenarios over the years. This seems to be part of the fabric here in Minnesota, and the ...

In our last session, we talked about the complex mix of "campers" in a federal prison camp. In this article, I'd like to focus on another issue that brings t...

By Ken Ehling Most people are not fans of formal goal setting and will avoid the task of writing down goals. Instead, they prefer to talk about them and to g...