3,000 Lives Touched: The Growing Impact of ‘A Message from Jessie’ in Wisconsin Prisons

From the archives: April 2019

“It was motivational, it instilled hope and challenged the inmates to take accountability for their actions, and to take ‘The Real Man Pledge’ to stop violence on women and children.” – Julie Burtness, Corrections Program Supervisor, Oakhill Correctional Institution

“This has become my favorite part of the project.” – L>h Ex. Dir. Buck Blodgett

After Prairie du Chien (see photos below) and Oak Hill Correctional Institutions in the past two weeks, 3000 inmates and staff in 22 WI state prisons have now heard ‘A Message from Jessie’. Most will return to our communities in the next few years. We must impact their thinking, speaking, and choices.

As L>h returns this year to prisons we visited last year, we are hearing more stories and testimonials of the impact of ‘A Message from Jessie’ on individual inmates and even prison environments.