Prisoner's Pardon

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:

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• His book Boundless Success 
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• Mindset changing
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• Small successes
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• While an inmate himself, he created a successful real estate training course that works for inmates
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• Blueprint for inmate success in real estate
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Part 2 airing next week.

Guest contact info:

Anthony Pierre | Linktree

www.estatemaster.cc

Support the cause:

support this podcast. We have designed some great hoodies and shirts that displays the motto for A Prisoner’s Pardon and that is “I Rest My Case on Grace.” The meaning is everything is dependent on the grace of God and there’s nothing else that can solve whatever problem one may have. If you are interested in supporting this podcast and what we’re doing here, Please go to 

https://www.bonfire.com/store/prisonerspardon/ 

I have some exciting news!  A Prisoner’s Pardon children’s book is coming out in two weeks just in time for Christmas. It’s called Pharoah’s Butler and Baker. It’s written for kids but has a message for all ages and that is to Rest Your Case on Grace. If you know the biblical account in Genesis, it’s based on the actual case of Joseph when he was imprisoned and interpreted the dreams of both the butler and the baker who were also in prison and tells the outcome of both their cases. 

The reason for this book is to encourage fathers especially those who are or have been in prison to read to their children. A father bonding with their children is critical and the most important thing a father can do in life. This is just what I allude to in my upcoming memoir book A Prisoner’s Pardon. It’s one of the findings at least to the cause of why we have such a high rate of recidivism. It is also based on this case of Pharaoh’s Butler and Baker. 

We don’t just talk about solutions, we here at A Prisoner’s Pardon take part bringing about the solution. The book A Prisoner’s Pardon is due out in Spring 2023 and let’s just say you will be amazed at the reasons and solution to recidivism. 

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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 his book, Chris uses computer programming as a metaphor to explore mental health. 

Subject: Does your loved one or someone you know struggle with mental illness? Well mental illness is so prevalent in prisons that prisons are now known as “the new asylums”. For instance, the Los Angeles County Jail, New York’s Riker’s Island Jail and Chicago’s Cook County Jail each hold more mentally ill inmates than any psychiatric hospital in the US. The numbers are still growing. Christopher Henningsen will talk about How computer programming can be used to help prisoners who suffer from mental illness. 

Show Highlights:

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• Martial Arts and approaches to learning
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• Anger issues addressed with programming
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• Writing programs for self
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• Understanding and using logic 
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• Creativity, exploration, and introspection
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Takeaways:

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2. Using the Arts is critical to development
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5. Computer Programming is an art that can help address mental health issues and anger issues
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8. Programming is also a science that helps with logic and communication
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Email: [email protected]

Book : Mindful Programming: Henningsen, Christopher: 9798521739042: Amazon.com: Books

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 Mindful Programming. In his book, Chris uses computer programming as a metaphor to explore mental health. 

Subject: Does your loved one or someone you know struggle with mental illness? Well mental illness is so prevalent in prisons that prisons are now known as “the new asylums”. For instance, the Los Angeles County Jail, New York’s Riker’s Island Jail and Chicago’s Cook County Jail each hold more mentally ill inmates than any psychiatric hospital in the US. The numbers are still growing. Christopher Henningsen will talk about How computer programming can be used to help prisoners who suffer from mental illness. 

Show Highlights:

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• The Book Mindful Programming
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• Mental illness and the treatment using art
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• Parallels between programming and spirituality
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• Programming is an art 
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• The disciplines learned by using the art of programming
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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 supposed to cope? We asked minister Claude Williams, who has been involved in youth and women’s prison ministries for decades. Among the highlights: his conviction that giving your life to God is key—no need to clean yourself up first. 

Show Highlights:

• Bringing everything even our mess to God
• Lack of humility
• Prisoner’s not knowing what to expect in world
• Family support and difficulty re-establishing those relationships
• Church support

Takeaways:

1. Be Humble
2. Due to time being imprisoned, lack of knowledge for society norms for example knowledge of current technology 
3. Criminal record hindering their reputation and progress 
4. Not knowing how to re-establish broken relationships with family members especially with children

Guest:

        Claude Williams

                     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 supposed to cope? We asked minister Claude Williams,

who has been involved in youth and women’s prison ministries for decades. Among

the highlights: his conviction that giving your life to God is key—no need to

clean yourself up first.

Show

Highlights:

·       Bringing everything

even our mess to God

·       Lack of

humility

·       Prisoner’s

not knowing what to expect in world

·       Family

support and difficulty re-establishing those relationships

·       Church

support

Takeaways:

1.)           

Be Humble

2.)          

Due to time being imprisoned, lack of knowledge for

society norms for example knowledge of current technology

3.)          

Criminal record hindering their reputation and

progress

4.)          

Not knowing how to re-establish broken relationships

with family members especially with children

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

lasting changes. Listen to the simple five things Brent did to turn his worst

nightmare to success.

Show

Highlights:

·       Entering

prison

·       How he

got along with fellow inmates

·       Overcoming

his fear

·       Two types

of prisoners

·       Family

support

·       Brent’s

5-Steps to Success

Takeaways:

1.)      Inmates can tell quickly if you’ve never

been to prison before  - Brent was

blessed to find someone willing to help him adjust. You have a good chance to

find someone there from past who can help.

2)       Set goals/standards to fight being institutionalized and

sinking into a depression and giving up. Include your family or a person to

help hold you up.

3)

      Take Steps to support your

goals/standards

Brent’s

5 Steps from his book Nightmare Success with corresponding Proverbs:

1.    

Be humble – Ask for help

Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with

the humble is wisdom

2.   

Find Zaywontanao – Dream/Purpose – Goal or plan,

step

Proverbs 13:16 – In everything the prudent acts with

knowledge

3.   

Move past bad days – how to get a win out of bad,

don’t get caught up into it. Don’t look too far ahead.

Proverbs 24:16 - For though a righteous man falls seven times,

he rises again

4.   

Learn from mistakes – You will make them but make

sure you learn from them.

Proverbs 22:3 – The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but

the simple go on an suffer for it.

5.   

Don’t give up

Proverbs 21:5 – The plans of the diligent lead to profit as

surely as haste leads to poverty.

Book

Nightmare Success

Amazon.com:

Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, and Finally

Breaking Free: A Memoir: 9781951943967: Cassity, Brent: Books

Podcast

Nightmare

Success In And Out (audacy.com)

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

lasting changes. Listen to the simple five things Brent did to turn his worst

nightmare to success.

Show

Highlights:

·       Entering

prison

·       How he

got along with fellow inmates

·       Overcoming

his fear

·       Two types

of prisoners

·       Family

support

·       Brent’s

5-Steps to Success

Takeaways:

1.)      Inmates can tell quickly if you’ve never

been to prison before  - Brent was

blessed to find someone willing to help him adjust. You have a good chance to

find someone there from past who can help.

2)       Set goals/standards to fight being institutionalized and

sinking into a depression and giving up. Include your family or a person to

help hold you up.

3)

      Take Steps to support your

goals/standards

Brent’s

5 Steps from his book Nightmare Success with corresponding Proverbs:

1.    

Be humble – Ask for help

Proverbs 11:2 When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with

the humble is wisdom

2.   

Find Zaywontanao – Dream/Purpose – Goal or plan,

step

Proverbs 13:16 – In everything the prudent acts with

knowledge

3.   

Move past bad days – how to get a win out of bad,

don’t get caught up into it. Don’t look too far ahead.

Proverbs 24:16 - For though a righteous man falls seven times,

he rises again

4.   

Learn from mistakes – You will make them but make

sure you learn from them.

Proverbs 22:3 – The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but

the simple go on an suffer for it.

5.   

Don’t give up

Proverbs 21:5 – The plans of the diligent lead to profit as

surely as haste leads to poverty.

Book

Nightmare Success

Amazon.com:

Nightmare Success: Loyalty, Betrayal, Life Behind Bars, Adapting, and Finally

Breaking Free: A Memoir: 9781951943967: Cassity, Brent: Books

Podcast

Nightmare

Success In And Out (audacy.com)

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 Enforcement

Officers and local residents connect through faith-based organizations. It’s

the largest annual collaborative policing initiative in the country.

National

Faith & Blue Weekend is an extension of the One Congregation One Precinct

initiative (OneCOP), a program of MovementForward, Inc., which is a

bridge-building, solutions-focused human and civil rights organization based in

Atlanta, Georgia. The OneCOP initiative pairs together officers at the beat or

precinct level with local faith-based organizations.

Mission – National Faith & Blue Weekend

facilitates safer and stronger communities by engaging law enforcement officers

and local residents through the connections of faith-based organizations.

Faith & Blue – Milwaukee, Wisconsin Praise in the Park – Saturday, October 8, 2022

(12-4pm)

Organized by:

Dist. 4

(6969 W. Silver Spring Drive)

Community Liaison

Officer Tracey Geniesse;

Pastor Jay

Fischer Lead Pastor for Evangel Church located 9920 West Good Hope Road, Milwaukee

 Games, food,

entertainment

Who was

there:

Judy D (St.

Catherine’s) Pumpkin decorating, dominos

Diamond

Dancers performed

DJ – Melvin

Salvation

Army – hot dogs

Lamb of God)

– soda, chips and water

Safe &

Sound Organization

Milwaukee

Fire Fighters

Department

of Corrections

 This was a festival. But unlike most festivals, this was FREE

 If you missed this here in Milwaukee, there is another one being held on Monday,

October 10th.

2-3PM Faith and Blue: Conversation with the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office

and Faith leaders. It is a roundtable discussion with community faith leaders

discussing the relationship between law enforcement and the clergy. Located in the

Safety Building 821 W. State Street, Suite 107, Milwaukee Wisconsin 53233

United States

Take Aways:   

• Faith & Blue is a great event where the community can connect with local government, and faith organizations. Website https://faithandblue.org
• Connect now and don’t wait until something happens. Get involved.
• Make sure you dress for the occasion.

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 a metal vocalist and photographer, Sonny now is a motivational speaker and mindset coach. He uses his experience to help young men and others overcome the trauma of being sexually abused.  

If interested in having Sonny Von Cleveland as a speaker contact him using information below. 

(19) Sonny Von Cleveland | LinkedIn 

Sonnyandclaire.com 

Email 

[email protected] 

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 and mindset coach. He uses his experience to help young men and others overcome the trauma of being sexually abused. If interested in having Sonny Von Cleveland as a speaker contact him using information below.

Linkedin

(19)

Sonny Von Cleveland | LinkedIn

Email

[email protected]