Restoring Hope: How Former Inmates & Advocates Rebuild Lives

Restoring Hope: How Former Inmates & Advocates Rebuild Lives

Up until a few years ago, Jodi Whitt lived through an agonizingly predictable cycle that trapped her within the criminal justice system for more than two decades. Every trip to the Shawnee County Jail in Topeka, Kansas, began with a distressing arrest, followed by a lonely seventy-two-hour wait in a barren intake cell. When her thirty-day sentences ended, she was routinely ushered out into the world with nothing more than the clothes on her back and zero community support. Left without resources, housing, or guidance, she inevitably found herself retreating into the grip of addiction, only to be rearrested shortly after. This heartbreaking revolving door defined her life for over twenty years, leaving her feeling broken, forgotten, and trapped in an endless loop of despair. Article Photo Restoring Hope: How Former Inmates & Advocates Rebuild Lives Would you like to read more good news about Take , Brokenness , and Put ? The turning point finally arrived in 2019 when Jodi committed herse…