Focus Areas

      After the finality of an imposed prison sentence sets in, it brings an incarcerated individual to a crossroads. Will they choose to remain on their path of self-sufficiency, or decide to make a change? 

       To decide to change is a tough course to chart and will require the acceptance that previous ideas they once embraced about themselves might not be true. Inner healing is a messy business and will often require a decision to be made in that direction each and every day. And it is our belief that these positive decisions should be rewarded.

      U.T.U.R.N. is a system that we have developed to showcase these small but diligent decisions to the Pardon and Parole Board. It is a "Uniform Table for Understanding Restorative Needs" and it's purpose is to present tangible evidence to the Board that a noteworthy change has been made. The purpose of rehabilitation is to bring about a change in a person's mind, and this tool has the ability to demonstrate those changes to people who have the knowledge and authority to change in incarcerated person's circumstances.

    Our everyday, practical definition of "diligence" is "choosing to do a little thing, for a long time, until something BIG happens." In prison, choices to grow or regress are often recorded and documented, and this data is used in U.T.U.R.N. to chart a model of a person's growth and maturity. We use a specific point system and assign values to certain behaviors that are documented and use this formula to determine an evidence-based trajectory in their life.  

     This will not be beneficial for anyone who has not experienced a change in their minds, but for those who have, this system can be added to a person's efforts to obtain a favorable commutation or parole.

      This analysis can be provided by itself to a client or can be added to their efforts to obtain a parole or commutation of their sentence.