National Vice President

Wahida Clark

 What About

"Pre-entry"?

A WARNING TO PARENTS:

GOOD MENTORSHIP IS WORTH PAYING FOR!

Sitting in a prison cell for a year a person could be worth $50,000. In some places more. This doesn't include the financial cost incurred by the families from court, jail and prison visits and all that goes into supporting that person throughout the incarceration and after.

At present PSD has a zero recidivism rate among it's membership and graduates of it's Life Skills/Mentorship Training Program.

Now that we've trained mentors we're prepared to expand into mentoring At-Risk Youth, At-Risk Adults and even At-Risk Celebrities. Truth be told everyone is At-Risk.

Entertainers, politicians, sports figures, business people, religious leaders, law enforcement professionals, you name it, they make mistakes.

There should be a program that is the AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) or NA (Narcotics Anonymous) to the potential criminal, present criminal and former criminal. That's why PSD was formed.

Better, PSD specializes in training the above individuals to utilize the past (negative) experience as a skill to assist others presently at risk.

PSD members are encouraged to construct their own businesses, acquire formal education and unite their families.

There is no price that can be put on redeveloping the people and families that make communities work.

The effectiveness of life skills training and mentorship is underestimated, even by the so-called professionals.

You should sponsor some kid for our program. Check out the bottom of our Services page for mentors.

It's cheaper than a pair of Air Jordans or name brand jeans, and more valuable.

The experience is life changing for anyone at risk.

We guarantee it, or your money back!

THE WAY BACK HOME How the Prodigal Sons & Daughters go

From Worst to First!

The PSD Anti-Violence Movement is 20 years old

Prodigal Sons and Daughters decided a long time ago that we cannot be passive in approaching the issue of violence. We understood that a PSYCHOLOGICAL EDGE is necessary to raise the consciousness, but that real incentives must be in place that are life changing.

PSD is after offering a better way of life; a change of attitude, environment, ambition and associates, coupled with counseling and fraternity are all ingredients that contribute to a pattern of proigress.

The first and easiest motivator is the visual experience. PSD specialize in an assortment of Powerful Anti-Violence/Anti-Crime/Anti-Abuse Education Products.

Click on to the link:                    The PSD Store

Speaking Engagements 

 To book Mr. Dennis Porter or

Ms. Wahida Clark at your next event just call us.

Prodigal Sons and Daughters believe that real change is guaranteed in the hands of those that adopt a attitude of commitment to improving their condition themselves.  

Celebrities

At-Risk 

 

Michael Vick

is coming to Newark

c/o Prodigal Sons and Daughters, The US Humane Society, The Boys & Girls Club and FP YOUTH OUTCRY...

Check out Questions For PSD

 

BUILD AMERICA

Teams Up With 

Prodigal Sons & Daughters to Rejuvinate Communities

 

 Get the whole story in

THE PROGRESS REPORT

 

PSD: Newark's GREEN MACHINE!
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and bear witness

107 Participants  Graduate PSD

Life Skill/Mentorship Program in Newark 

It's Prisoner Re-entry in Action!

National President and Founder Dennis Porter

Welcome to the website of Prodigal Sons and Daughters Redirection Services, Inc. There are others with this name, but there's no doubt we are the real deal!

This site serves several purposes. Most important, it is a platform created by the people that lived the life (i.e. ex-offenders, ex-drug dealers, ex-drug users, former alcoholics, former prostitutes, etc., etc., etc.), including what we refer to as at-risk youth. 

Prodigal Sons and Daughters redirect these lives in such a way as to make their negative experiences a valuable tool towards solving many underserved problems.

Second, our purpose is to redeem ourselves in the places where we once trespassed and destroyed. This is an honorable service and the most valuable thing we believe we could contribute.

Unfortunately for many released offenders, inspired by the idea of going straight; meaning getting a job or going back to school, taking care of family and becoming productive contributors to society, far too often the opportunities are not there. Eventually this leads to a return to crime, alcohol and drug use, hopelessness, incarceration and even death.

Prodigal Sons and Daughters was designed as a medicine to thoroughly and permanently restore a person to their (proper) role and status in the home and the community. This begins with a new outlook followed by non-stop action.

This process takes time, more time than many of them feel they have. Overcome by fear, anger, frustration and desperation, they often return to what they're familiar with. It's but a matter of time before they're back on the streets revisiting their old ways or back in prison. 

Incentives (such as education, training, employment, counseling and financial assistance) is not guaranteed. In the absence of this, the only alternative is to develop their creative ability to help themselves. The most effective way is to band together in the "spirit of fraternity". Fraternity or "unity" makes it possible to pool our resources to help meet many of the needs we've become dependent on society to provide and manifest our power as a collective.

The objective is to become self governing, self policing and eventually self sustaining.

We are all for professional assistance. In fact, at this time we really need it. But, time has proven that no one understands how to chart our long term direction better than us.  Eventually we must demonstrate that we can lead ourselves. 

As you look over our site, please, don't hesitate to suggest how we can make it better, or how we can become a better organization. 

Feel free to express your thoughts, ask questions, or make suggestions through our Contact Us page.

Oh, and yes, we need donations, please! There are many things we're trying to do in the way of Prevention, Intervention and Reform that your support can help us accomplish.

Please Help if you can.

Thank you for visiting us. We hope you appreciate what we do.

Sincerely,

Prodigal Sons and Daughters

IT TAKES A TOUGH COOKIE TO HANGOUT IN THIS SCHOOL. IT'S NOT JUST A JOB, IT'S AN ADVENTURE!