rehabilitation

"There is something special about sharing space with a living thing that doesn’t know your past ― a space where judgment is nonexistent."
I spent most of my 30s in a state prison. I still think every day about what I did.
Of the state program’s 800-plus “graduates,” only 20 have returned to prison after committing a new sex crime.
I am not an addict. But try and love one, and then see if you can look me square in the eyes and tell me that you didn't get addicted to trying to fix them. If you're lucky, they recover. If you're really lucky, you recover, too.