Ricky Kidd and Frank Pollina – Two Stories of Reaching Within To Find Ones True Self While Incarcerated

Ricky Kidd and Frank Pollina – Two Stories of Reaching Within To Find Ones True Self While Incarcerated

For many of us our image of prison has been shaped by the news and entertainment media, as well as politicians and prisoner administers. Those visions range from country club facilities that house privileged individuals to 3 hots and a cot housing ne’er do wells living off your taxes to hell holes for society’s worst where rape and violence are rampant. Each of these images of prison evokes its own characterization of prisoners, images that range from errant bankers stealing millions from institutions to depraved animals worthy of only the worst degradation that can be heaped on them.

Most states name their prison system the department of Corrections, or something similar, implying that there is a real effort to direct the prisoner onto a lawful path. Unfortunately that is an ideal that seldom gets the resources it needs and is totally absent in most county jails where a large percentage of prisoners spend there time. It is the strong and focused individual that can take their time in prison and use it to redirect their path amid the turmoil surrounding them. That can be done by rejecting the games and distractions of prison life as well as use the time away from the games and distractions of life on the outside to work on their own inner self.

Today host Jeff Humfeld talks to Ricky Kidd going on 22 years incarceration for a crime he did not commit and Frank Pollina who has been in and out of prison on various charges. Ricky will talk about his struggle with the unfairness of his conviction and how he found his talents as a leader and an artist. Frank will tell us his story of a man that worked hard, played harder and hung around a crowd with the wrong priorities and how a conversation with his son turned him around and got him ready to redirect his life down the right path.


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