After two decades behind bars, Sharon Richardson is returning to prison – this time without shackles. Richardson is a “reentry specialist” who uses her own experience with incarceration to help former inmates adapt to life on the outside.
She’ll be taking her work one step further this fall by counseling women still in jail – some who may even be former jailmates. “I want to help save lives,” said Richardson, 52, who lives in southeast Queens and works for a nonprofit group called STEPS to End Family Violence. “I’m giving back – I have to.” Click here to read the rest of the article.
