

The Best Gift of All: A Second Chance
Most of us who messed up when we were teenagers didn’t wind up in prison. Instead, we went on to learn how to make a living, prepare for a career, make connections, find a job, be coached by a mentor, balance risks and rewards, maybe fall in love and create a stable family life among supportive friends and neighbors. But those who did become incarcerated spent months or years going nowhere. They spent soul-crushing days at menial, repetitive, distasteful tasks with maybe
Eliot Daley
Dec 23, 2025

