Life Lessons from Behind Bars | The Agenda

There are those who, when they stop to think about people incarcerated in this province, don't want anything to do with them. That is not the case with Phyllis Taylor. She is a certified life and mediation coach who has worked with Ontario's Ministry of Correctional Services for the past 10 years and she's counselled thousands of people behind bars. Her new book is called, "The Prison Lady: True Stories and Life Lessons from Both Sides of the Bars."

0:00 Intro
0:45 Oprah’s life class
1:42 Abusive childhood
2:35 Volunteering in prison
4:00 Teaching inmates
6:50 Giving inmates hope
7:50 Crimes and Misdemeanors
8:20 Rehabilitation
9:17 How women inmates are treated
10:00 Leaving prison
10:58 Destiny’s story
12:48 Breaking the rules
13:30 Happy endings
14:58 Harry’s story
16:50 Can everyone be rehabilitated?
18:00 Showing remorse
19:40 Being compassionate while behind bars
20:44 How to volunteer

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