National Vice President

Wahida Clark

 We Must Help Ourselves!

The time spent in prison can be wasted, or a catalyst to a new beginning. Life was never meant to be an easy game to play, there are only winners and losers. Life doesn't just sit by idlely waiting on us to make up our minds. The longer it takes for reality to dawn on us, the greater the risk of us being stuck in depending on others, or in some kind of prison.

Let me save you some steps... It's time you grew up and realized that there is only so much others can do for you; you have to take the first step of ending the cycle of failure by helping yourself.

As the President, Mr. Porter says, as soon as you do, you open up the creative processes of your mind and exercise your creative intelligence and natural ability, which is how we survive in spite of crisis. 

In PSD we've lived the game and we know the reality. When you come in the door, come right, it won't be easy, but it will be fair. So open up your heart and mind to grow. We will help you, if you want to help yourself, but you must be tired of the old life and recognize there is no way but the right way.

Remember, we can't help you, unless you want to be helped, like the Prodigal Son, he had to hit rock bottom for him to humble himself and come home. We hope to see you soon. 

THE WAY BACK HOME How the Prodigal Sons & Daughters go

From Worst to First!

The PSD Anti-Violence Movement is 21 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 and 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; counseling and fraternity are all ingredients that contribute to a pattern of progress.

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THE PROGRESS REPORT

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!