If I wanted something, I had to go get it
He sold drugs to make as much money as he could, learning early on that he couldn't depend on others for help.
"It was just me, my mom, and my three other siblings," Pedro explains. "If I wanted something, I had to go and get it."
You might be wondering - is transformation possible in prison? When someone goes to prison, do they just "do the time," or is being in the correctional system productive? Pedro shares about the impact that in-prison programming had on his life and opportunities.