Stories Behind Bars

by Richard Fox I truly believe that reentry is vital to a person’s success after leaving prison—but I also believe it must begin while someone is still incarcerated . When a person comes to prison, no one wants to believe they can become institutionalized. But you can’t live in a place like this for a long period of time without it becoming a part of you. The way the system is set up, once you are locked up, you stay there until you are released. If that release comes and you

Some stories break us open, and Richard Corey Fox's is one of them. Arrested at 20 and now more than three decades into his sentence, Richard writes from a place of deep honesty and transformation. This isn't about labels, crimes, or the years he's spent behind bars. It's about a young man who ran from pain he didn't know how to face, and the man he's become by finally stopping long enough to confront it.