The Parole Hearing:

Tomorrow morning, Jana appears before the parole board in hopes of getting an early release. she has been accepted into a halfway house, called the Magdalene House, which offers a two year rehabilitation program.

I sat with Jana, for two hours this morning, talking with no cameras or recording devices. We simply sat and talked – mostly with me listening – intently. She told me about her life as an addict – a crack addict. Not a day goes by that most of us do not hear something about crack, beit in the news or as part of a television program. I can tell you, first hand, that nothing compares to hearing it from someone who has lived it – from someone who is willing to go deep within the recesses of their own demons, to tell it first hand and blow by miserable blow.

As much as I have seen the horrors of the world – and of life – I don’t know that I have seen anything that is equal, in its horror, to what I listened to today. Once again I have grown in my scope as a human being.

Whether Jana is paroled, or not, I will follow her journey as part of this documentary. From her, all of us can learn.

Until next time….