“It’s about realizing that they are people and that they’ve suffered losses and tragedies. You know, I didn’t just wake up one day and say, ‘I’m going to commit a crime,’ or, ‘I’m going to start selling drugs.’ That was by no means my intention. However, it’s led me down that path.”
CBC: Grand Valley Inmate Calls on Waterloo Region to be More Accepting: Stride Symposium:
Julie Thompson 1 December, 2017
A 29-year-old inmate is challenging Waterloo region to be more accepting of women who are returning to community after serving time in a federal prison.
“I just want the community to know that women are so much more than their crime,” said Jesse, whose full name is not being published for privacy reasons.
Jesse has been living at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener for more than a year.
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