Post # 14

So we went to see people from a program talk, the program was called "Jericho Program",they all talked about their lives how they know that the gang/drug life isn't the way to go. The most unexpected people were up there, if you see them on the street you would have not noticed that they were all into that, or that they even were in jail,or prison. They are in that program because they want to change, they don't want to still have the same life that they have lived and they know that they can die if they continue that same life. 10 people talking about almost they same things, all there to do the same thing. What i understood was that they live in a house,just like regular people, but if they don't do their chores they might end up back in jail or even in prison. What really shocked me was that even if you try any type of drug for the first time you might end up in the hospital or even dead.I have always wanted to know what the "prison life" was like, and it doesn't sound like anything that you see on TV, they say that its all lies till you live it. People get killed and rapped in jail, that really scares me.I still don't understand what they meant by if you in a gang your fighting someones else fight that was started way back then.I really enjoyed that they took there time to come and talk to us and try to see that if we join a gang or do drugs that is the life that we might end up living, and they don't want that. It really hurt their family members, i imagine if that happen to me, my grandma would b really disappointment in me. Thank you for coming out to speak with us. :D