A story of the changes in the New York State prison system for almost five decades…

Interwoven with that history is the biography of author Stephen Chinlund, who lived through those big developments as an active participant in various capacities.

Not only would more prisoners be transformed but also our society would move toward being safer, more secure, and spiritually richer. We would move away from revenge as the primary motive for imprisonment toward a clearer focus on reentry as our primary concern, with public safety as our goal.