Some of the techniques used by Thresholds teachers “steal” from the history of good ideas. A favorite “OK we understand that,” from client inmates is this one from Albert Einstein, put in street language: “If you always do what you’ve always done, your always get what you always got.” That […]
Monthly Archives: November 2012
“Prison is a wise man’s school and a dumb man’s playground.” -Thresholds student at the State Correctional Institution, Chester
Prison is…
Our clients talk about how Thresholds works in their lives. “I was in the kitchen and someone ‘called me out’. I had to take a good look at myself and choose what was right or wrong. I walked away. I didn’t react.” “I think more clearly about what I want […]
From exit interviews
A mentor, a role model, a blessing in disguise, helped me realize my gifts, opened up my eyes, to the truth that wasn’t hard to see, From a special owl who is wise. CARD, JAM and ABC, helps to find the inner me, led from out the darkness, the goal […]
Pat
Here’s an internal memo from David, one of our teachers, to the Thresholds program manager at George W. Hill Correctional Facility. ~~~ A macro class is a group of 10 to 20 clients, usually taught in the evenings. The micro is a one-on-one, taught during the day. Hi: Yesterday before […]
Memo from David
Chico has been incarcerated at “the Hill” for a long spell, and often returns to Thresholds sessions to help out, distributing literature and sharing his personal insights.
Chico’s Puzzle
This letter was composed by Paige Morrison, a Thresholds volunteer rehabilitation teacher, in consultation with her prison inmate client, K.S., at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility, Thornton, PA. My Dear Beloved __(Name the addiction)_______, The time has come for us to go our separate ways. We have come to […]
A Letter to My Beloved Addiction
Although we do have more than 50 volunteers teaching inmates how to reconstruct their lives, we also have a weighty financial burden for office supplies, correspondences, printing handbooks, volunteer training workshops, and two part time employees. Because we depend entirely on contributions, virtually any size donation benefits our program. Look […]
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The Thresholds symbol was created by Thresholds’ founder Mickey Burglass. The first part of the Thresholds symbol represents the dividing line, or threshold, between the past and the future. The second part stands for the four elements of life: the past, the world, yourself and the future. A threshold is […]