Mel Robbins

And I love the distinction because I've never really thought about it that way, that we are trying to put a crime in prison, that all we've focused on is the punishment and containment piece. We have not focused on the person piece and making someone whole so that if they are released after serving their sentence, they have been rehabilitated so they can step back in to life.

I mean, I also am horrified by how we then put up so many obstacles and continue to judge and punish people after they have served the sentence for the crime and made it even harder for them to live a life where they can contribute and be somebody that has done the time

I mean, I also am horrified by how we then put up so many obstacles and continue to judge and punish people after they have served the sentence for the crime and made it even harder for them to live a life where they can contribute and be somebody that has done the time

I mean, I also am horrified by how we then put up so many obstacles and continue to judge and punish people after they have served the sentence for the crime and made it even harder for them to live a life where they can contribute and be somebody that has done the time

They have changed who they are because clearly if you listen to this show, you know that I am a person who believes that absolutely anybody can become a better person.

They have changed who they are because clearly if you listen to this show, you know that I am a person who believes that absolutely anybody can become a better person.

They have changed who they are because clearly if you listen to this show, you know that I am a person who believes that absolutely anybody can become a better person.

Eight and nine-year-old kids?

Eight and nine-year-old kids?

Eight and nine-year-old kids?

You know, I'm going to read you a poem from that is the beginning of chapter eight. This is page 147 from your remarkable book, Just Mercy, and the poem's entitled Uncried Tears. Imagine teardrops left uncried from pain trapped inside, waiting to escape through the windows of your eyes. Why won't you let us out? The tears questioned the conscious.

You know, I'm going to read you a poem from that is the beginning of chapter eight. This is page 147 from your remarkable book, Just Mercy, and the poem's entitled Uncried Tears. Imagine teardrops left uncried from pain trapped inside, waiting to escape through the windows of your eyes. Why won't you let us out? The tears questioned the conscious.

You know, I'm going to read you a poem from that is the beginning of chapter eight. This is page 147 from your remarkable book, Just Mercy, and the poem's entitled Uncried Tears. Imagine teardrops left uncried from pain trapped inside, waiting to escape through the windows of your eyes. Why won't you let us out? The tears questioned the conscious.

Relinquish your fears and doubts and heal yourself in the process. The conscience told the tears, I know you really want me to cry, but if I release you from bondage in gaining your freedom, you die. The tears gave it some thought before giving the conscious an answer. If crying brings you to triumph, then dying's not such a disaster. That's by Ian E. Manuel, Union Correctional Institution.

Relinquish your fears and doubts and heal yourself in the process. The conscience told the tears, I know you really want me to cry, but if I release you from bondage in gaining your freedom, you die. The tears gave it some thought before giving the conscious an answer. If crying brings you to triumph, then dying's not such a disaster. That's by Ian E. Manuel, Union Correctional Institution.

Relinquish your fears and doubts and heal yourself in the process. The conscience told the tears, I know you really want me to cry, but if I release you from bondage in gaining your freedom, you die. The tears gave it some thought before giving the conscious an answer. If crying brings you to triumph, then dying's not such a disaster. That's by Ian E. Manuel, Union Correctional Institution.

You know, when we talk about grace, it's often easier to give a child grace, right? But not in the criminal justice system. Can you describe what it's like to walk into a prison system that has been built for and designed for adults and find yourself sitting across from an eight, nine, or 10-year-old child?

You know, when we talk about grace, it's often easier to give a child grace, right? But not in the criminal justice system. Can you describe what it's like to walk into a prison system that has been built for and designed for adults and find yourself sitting across from an eight, nine, or 10-year-old child?

You know, when we talk about grace, it's often easier to give a child grace, right? But not in the criminal justice system. Can you describe what it's like to walk into a prison system that has been built for and designed for adults and find yourself sitting across from an eight, nine, or 10-year-old child?

18 years?