Jan Collins of the Maine Prisoners Advocacy Coalition
Release Date: 09/22/2022
Voices from the Other Side
Part 2 continues... w/ Deb Scamman & Janet Byrne A childrens game... Warmer?...Colder? "We are each other's keeper" We are here to feel joy..."
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Deborah Scamman and Janet Byrne, both "sister's" of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints, candidly share many experiences of both joyous exultation in the glory and worship of their lord. At the same time, both have had, on occasion, their spiritual faith and personal boundaries tested, by both internal clergy, as well as the at the graduate level of higher education. Please also support this podcast and others supporting Incarcerated individuals ...please see link below .Thank you!!
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Deb and Janet, both congregants of The Church of Jesus Christ, of the Latter Day Saints, portray uniquely personal "stories" peppered with great elegance, integrity, intellect and humor in demonstrating faith and conviction to God.
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Part Two
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A debate of sorts; Parole vs Formulary Percentage of "Bids". (part one)
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Having returned to "The County" (Caribou, ME), Michael brings from the road news from both Mississsipi (a public radio station) as well as tidings from Indianna... Narcan ... What the future holds as pertains to legislation and more...
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A Transitional Journey through the Prisons of Maine
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Jerome Weiner is a "child of the 1960s,..." " I left college thinking I was basically going to fix the world ..." I've worked all my life in non-profits... "We work with people from every walk of life..." Abuse knows no boundaries." Non-profits have never been taught to work together..." We had to put some parameters around it..." We've become better competitors..." I'll stop when I realize I'm not having this much fun..."
info_outlineAt a very young age, Jan Collins, along with her sister, two older brothers, and her mother, were forced into abject poverty after the only "breadwinner " of the family, her father, as a result of problems related to alcohol, found himself in the Thomaston, Maine State Prison Facility.
In a series of peculiar coincidences later in life, and once again finding her own son Gregory following in his father's footsteps, it was at that point Jan knew something had to be done.
Welcome to the county "Fiefdom," ...truly an alien world unto itself, with its own set of rules, mores, and laws ... and oh yes, this "kingdom" even has its own head of state, ...the town sheriff. Any preconceived notions of life behind the bars will soon be swept away by Jan Collins, of the Maine Prisoners Advocacy Coalition