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But what would a fully rehabilitated inmate even look like? Does he or she really exist, or is the myth of the reformed man just a ploy for prison funding?
Tonight, we're letting you be the judge of that as we introduce you to Lane Grinage, the current director of Kolbe's Remands rehabilitation centre. This man is himself a former inmate. He told me his inspiring story.
Lane Grinage, Director, Remands, Re-habilitation Center
"I was an inmate, I went to prison, I have on my record I went to prison, 5 times, four remanded and one conviction, but on the conviction which was the last time that leads me to where I am now is where I really found the true sense or genuine need for change."
"When I got convicted I went to the ARC program at the prison and I was there for 18 months."
And what did Grinage learn in the Ashcroft Rehabilitation Center?
Lane Grinage, Director, Remands, Re-habilitation Center
"Mostly the 12 steps emotionally intelligence narcotics anonymous, alcoholics anonymous decision making life skills. There is a course the new direction course that teaches you about thinking about your thinking socialization. It touches on every aspect of life and criminal and addictive thinking, you know and it gives you stories and examples of the lifestyle that you live as a criminal and the consequences of it vs. the lifestyle of a productive citizen and the benefits of it, which one do you want to be."
"I wanted to be on the side of a better life now, I'm tired of living that bad life. So, I took all the information and the tools that I was given by the program to apply in my own personal life especially the spiritual part and so applying it in my life now presently I am experiencing the rewards or the benefits of practicing change and it all starts, starting with the program issued at the prison or facilitated at the prison."
And Today, as the man in charge of those remanded for being gang members Grinage says he uses examples from his own life to model behavior for those he serves.
Lane Grinage, Director, Remands, Re-habilitation Center
"Majority of my teachings come from my own personal experience, as I explain to the guys right now I am responsible for 75 inmates because the numbers go up and down at times but I always teach from my experience because I was where they are physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally, you know, and I, I had to get out."
"Why some people commit crime or do certain things is because they want certain things. Now, I have come to learn that through christ you can still get certain things and it will be even greater. I wanted respect, I wanted authority, now the respect and authority that I have and that is in my life now because of change and the love that I have with my family now because of change there is nothing greater than this."
