Prisoner's Pardon

Jamal Jivanjee is a best-selling author, podcaster, and full-time life coach. As an author with over twenty years of experience working with people in various stages of personal struggle and challenges, after traveling to many cultures around the globe, and now as a full-time life coach, Jamal has discovered the common roots of human suffering along with the sustainable solutions required to...

Guest: Rashod Coleman Bio: Rashod Coleman is an African-American Police Officer in Philadelphia who grew up with a father in the home. Despite this disadvantage, Rashod has gone on to be a loving and involved father, an author, criminal justice advocate and to have a successful Law Enforcement career. Some of his achievements are receiving a heroism award from the city of Philadelphia and several...

Show Notes – Part 1 Guest: Rashod Coleman Bio: Rashod Coleman is an African-American Police Officer in Philadelphia who grew up with a father in the home. Despite this disadvantage, Rashod has gone on to be a loving and involved father, an author, criminal justice advocate and to have a successful Law Enforcement career. Some of his achievements are receiving a heroism award from the city of Phila...

Guest: Rachel Bruno Bio: Rachel Bruno is a Nashville-based author and advocate for parents in the child welfare system. Her book Fractured Hope: A Mother’s Fight for Justice has been featured in top podcasts such as the Jesse Kelly Show, The Highwire with Del Bigtree, and the Freedom Network. Her personal experience of having her children illegally removed makes her the perfect spokeswoman for iss...

Guest: Rachel Bruno Bio: Rachel Bruno is a Nashville-based author and advocate for parents in the child welfare system. Her book Fractured Hope: A Mother’s Fight for Justice has been featured in top podcasts such as the Jesse Kelly Show, The Highwire with Del Bigtree, and the Freedom Network. Her personal experience of having her children illegally removed makes her the perfect spokeswoman for iss...

Guest: Mike Oulton Bio: Mike Oulton is a professional entertainer out of Vancouver Canada who was a career criminal. He spent 15 of his 46 years of life in prison and survived some of the hardest prison conditions by using his creative skills. Mike is also an author and co-wrote the book Dystopia which depicts two individuals with opposite views of the prison system where one is positive and the o...

Guest: Mike Oulton Bio: Mike Oulton is a professional entertainer out of Vancouver Canada who was a career criminal. He spent 15 of his 46 years of life in prison and survived some of the hardest prison conditions by using his creative skills. Mike is also an author and co-wrote the book Dystopia which depicts two individuals with opposite views of the prison system where one is positive and the o...

Guest: Christy Piper Bio: Christy Piper is an author and a human dynamics and relationship expert. She has received a undergraduate and graduate degrees from Florida State University and is a US Navy veteran and currently lives in New England. Her current book is titled Girl You Deserve More and focuses on women involved in abusive relationships with narcissistic men. Subject: Narcissism and how i...

Guest: Christy Piper Bio: Christy Piper is an author and a human dynamics and relationship expert. She has received a undergraduate and graduate degrees from Florida State University and is a US Navy veteran and currently lives in New England. Her current book is titled Girl You Deserve More and focuses on women involved in abusive relationships with narcissistic men. Subject: Narcissism and how i...

Guest: Anthony Pierre Bio: Anthony Pierre, is a best-selling author, Real Estate Investor and a serial entrepreneur. He’s also an ex-con who has made it his business to help his fellow prisoners get a fresh start in life. Subject: Real Estate Training Designed for Inmates Show Highlights: The design of real estate training for inmates Financial counseling and credit building Inmates prepared befor...

Show Notes – Part 1 Guest: Anthony Pierre Bio: Anthony Pierre, is a best-selling author, Real Estate Investor and a serial entrepreneur. He’s also an ex-con who has made it his business to help his fellow prisoners get a fresh start in life.  Subject: Real Estate Training Designed for Inmates Show Highlights: His book Boundless Success  Mindset changing Small successes While an inmate hi...

Using the Art of Computer Programming to Address Prisoner’s with Mental Illness Guest: Christopher Henningsen Bio: Chris Henningsen is a computer programmer and author from the UK. Among some of his interests are linguistics and spiritual matters. His passion for linguistics helped him to notice a parallel between prison and programming which lead to him writing the book Mindful Programming. In hi...

Show Notes – Part 1 Using the Art of Computer Programming to Address Prisoner’s with Mental Illness Guest: Christopher Henningsen Bio: Chris Henningsen is a computer programmer and author from the UK. Among some of his interests are linguistics and spiritual matters. His passion for linguistics helped him to notice a parallel between prison and programming which lead to him writing the book Mindfu...

Guest: Claude Williams Part 2 35 years in ministry Master’s degree – Christian Counseling Doctorate in Theology Assoc. Min. Community Baptist Church of Greater Milwaukee Youth Ministry since – since 1986 Women Prison Ministry - since 1992 Juvenile Detention - since 1996 Topic: Come As You Are When a long-time inmate is released from prison, another sort of misery may be looming. How is he or she s...

Guest:         Claude Williams                      35 years in ministry                      Master’s degree – Christian Counseling      &n...

Looking at the doors of Leavenworth prison from the inside is where Brent Cassity found himself. Once a successful CEO of a national company and recognized by Time, Forbes and Fortune magazines, obviously Brent’s fortunes had changed. Brent didn’t allow himself to stay down even while there. Brent’s now a successful author and podcast host who used his experience of being a prisoner to make lastin...

Looking at the doors of Leavenworth prison from the inside is where Brent Cassity found himself. Once a successful CEO of a national company and recognized by Time, Forbes and Fortune magazines, obviously Brent’s fortunes had changed. Brent didn’t allow himself to stay down even while there. Brent’s now a successful author and podcast host who used his experience of being a prisoner to make lastin...

We strategize ways to end recidivism (repeat offenses) and the fundamental thing to do that is to work together with communities, local government and places of faith. We’re doing something different today and that’s airing an event called Faith & Blue. National Faith & Blue Weekend is sponsored by FirstNet Built with AT&T and the Motorola Solutions Foundation. During this weekend Law...

Sexual Abuse’s Link to Imprisonment and Recidivism     Sonny Von Cleveland spent 18 years in prison starting from the age of 10. Being sexually abused from the age of five and not being able to process it caused Sonny to lash out in anger and in criminal behavior. Sonny recounts his story and tells listeners the signs to look for in men who have been sexually abused.  Besides being...

Sonny Von Cleveland spent 18 years in prison starting from the age of 10. Being sexually abused from the age of five and not being able to process it caused Sonny to lash out in anger and in criminal behavior. Sonny recounts his story and tells listeners the signs to look for in men who have been sexually abused. Besides being a metal vocalist and photographer, Sonny now is a motivational speaker...

    Part 2 of our conversation with how a female could end up living a life of crime.     Today’s guest, Minister Naomi Jackson now walks us through what was the turning point of her life. She details how she started waking up to the fact her life had spiraled out of control. Her kids were now living with her mother in Chicago while she sat in a Milwaukee jail. She knew she had...

Have you ever wondered how a female could end up living a life of crime?   Today’s guest, Minister Naomi Jackson walks us through her life before she became a minister. She details how she unnoticeably slipped into a life of crime and ended up crying out for help. Each circumstance she recounts make you think, this could have been me. Listen in and you will no longer wonder how women can end...

Salon Owner Giving Ex-Felons Job Opportunities in Cosmetology Cosmetology – An Ex-Felon’s Pathway to Success David Hagemeier is a small business owner. His company is the Signature Two company which operates several Super Cuts and Cost Cutters family hair salons in the Milwaukee Wisconsin area. He also sits on the Wisconsin Prison Industries Board. Dave believes in giving ex-felons opportunities t...

Are You a Correctional Officer, Ex-Offender, or Loved-One of Inmates? Welcome to A Prisoner's Pardon! We're all about opening the gateway to renewal for prisoners and their supporters. If that resonates with you, you've just found your second home. Here's What You Can expect for This Season of the Podcast Interviews with correctional officers, ex-offenders, and loved-ones of inmates Entries into g...

Interview with Eddie Campa a retired Police Chief out of El Paso Texas. Eddie talks about the No Colors No Labels Initiative he designed and implemented in 2015. This work earned him in 2017 the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian of the Year award from the NAACP. Eddie's latest work is his new book Unmasking Leadership: What They Don't Tell You.