What does it mean to grow up in prison—and come home determined to change the system that confined you? On this episode of Prison to Promise, host Dr. Craig Waleed sits down with Bryan Widenhouse, a formerly incarcerated advocate who spent over 30 years serving a life-without-parole sentence for a crime committed as a teenager. Now a national leader in sentencing reform, Bryan works to dismantle extreme punishment laws and advance second-chance legislation nationwide. Together, Bryan and Dr. Waleed explore what prison teaches about survival and humanity, why release is not the end of the story, and how lived experience must inform public policy. This is a powerful conversation about accountability, transformation, and what it truly means to believe in redemption.
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