“I will try not to get caught”

Firstly, it has put my faith back into people as a whole I have realised that ordinary people actually care about me and that’s a wonderful feeling.  With the help from the courses, the staff, the volunteers and other members I now know I have a future outside.  I respect myself more than I ever have before.  I am a man with my own opinions and they do count.

On previous sentences people have asked if I was ever coming back to prison and my response was I hope not, which really meant, I will try not to get caught.  Now my answer is definitely not!

My wife, my family, even my mother who gave up on me a long time ago have seen a dramatic change in me and this has all happened since I have been on the Kainos Community.  It has given me the tools for me to change and I intend to use them.  If only I was introduced to Kainos 20 years ago I would have been a different man as I am today.

This is what Kainos has done for me!

‘John’ has made a BIG chanj

My name is  Ken, I have served 5 years for manslorter,3 ½ for robury with vilunts and 3 year for GBH. Saw I thort it was abawt tiem to pot the demund insid me to rest as im jest wasting mi life in jael. One of the problems with me was I wood find it difficult to comunekat with strayt pepul who ar not crimunuly mowtervated as I felt I have nothing in comun with them this wood always lead me back to the saym vishus sucul, criminals, drugs, crim and vilunts and prison. So I cum on the Kainos unit with nothing to lose and let all mi gards down it had taken a wile to get into it and ajust but by tarking to the visitors who cum in on a week knigt I am practising me cumunikashun skils with a litul bit of couwnsuling a litul bit of faith a litul bit of prer I fel it has made a chanj a BIG chanj.

I now think before I act, says Sam

I am currently a long term prisoner at HMP Swaleside prison and I have just completed a rehabilitation programme, Challenge to Change. I feel that I have benefited enormously from this five month programme and feel that as a result of Kainos I now think before I act and look at things with a wider view, I feel that I can now interact with my peers and the prison staff.

Because this is a community based programme I feel that on my release I will have a lot better chance of blending into the community as a member of the community and not be the outcast.