Shannon Beaudry believes in a second chance. The sergeant of the Franklin County Sheriff ...
Shannon Beaudry believes in a second chance. The sergeant of the Franklin County Sheriff works hard to give one to every inmate who goes through his Healthy Living for Women program at the Jackson Pike Correctional Center.
"You feel like you're never going anywhere, nothing will ever change, you'll end up hitting a lot while you're there," said 31-year-old Tiffany Barrett.
She spent some time behind bars to take drugs before she entered the sergeant. The Beaudry program
"Some of these women come in and just say I'm done, I'm fed up, but they have no idea or plan how to fix that," Beaudry said.
She thinks it's her job to show them a way out.
Pathways is a crisis intervention program that uses detoxification, psychotherapy and art to help inmates change the destructive attitudes that have caused them problems with the law.
The art space is one of the most popular among the detainees. This allows them to draw their feelings instead of struggling to express them.
They learn patience, determination and concentration through the art they create. Skills that help them deal with the challenges of life when they leave prison.
As I walked along the desks, I saw portraits of women who looked like Picasso.
Abstract art that awakens your spirit in the scenes of your life. His tears, his smile, his sadness and his joy. Beaudry gets ideas on how to advise women by seeing what they draw.
Beaudry received the 2017 Restored Citizen Award for his work with the dams. More than 100 so far.
She can never decide to give up one of them. As she sees it The sacrifice can be great, but also the payment.
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