This is an AWESOME BOOK and SPEAKER!

If you cannot find compassion in your heart for Mrs. Smith after reading her story, you will not be able to have compassion on your child, your sister, or your mother, any of whom could easily be staring at the steps of a prison door. It takes just one slip-up. It's easy-not hard-to get there. The book points out that the penal system does not actively pursue rehabilitation. After reading "TIME ON THE INSIDE: Behind the Walls in a Maximum Security Women's Prison from an Insider's View," I cried. I became depressed for a quick moment, then I decided to do something constructive about it and bring it to the public's attention, and that is when I began to write. And so I did my part. Now it's up to the media to raise public awareness of this cancer that is slowly destroying families. This is a cry for help! Help, somebody-anybody-everybody-help! Prison may be closer to your house and your family than you think.

Dr. Rosie Milligan, counselor, lecturer, publisher and author Milligan Books

Very GREAT TOPIC and INSPIRATIONAL PERSON

You don't hear much about women in prison as this is a subject many stay away from. If you're in prison, doing crime or want to know more about what happens within the California Penal System, this book covers it. From the moment you get arrested, to going to jail and then prison and what you do while in and coming out. It takes you right inside as if you are really their. It also gives you some idea as to why women AND youth are going into prison time after time and what the government isn't doing to rehabilitate, but how they are exploiting inmates. I couldn't put this book down and I read it twice. It is also a must have for teens and young adults as it will give a clear understanding of how women AND men should be leading their life. The author is a very eloquent, inspirational and dynamic speaker as she ultimately states that your life will change when you allow a higher power to lead you, when you help others who are less fortunate than you are. I was also impressed at the authors' resources in the back of the book and inspirational messages for us. She is definitely on the right path with this book and her motivational speaking.

Michelle King, Social Worker

Her informative, inspiring messages help attendees

• Understand the various areas that plague women
• The problems within the California Penal System
• Developing and enhancing self-esteem
• Succeeding in the face of uncertainty
• Understanding that we are all different and not everyone has the same opportunities as others
• Learning to forgive, having compassion and our role in helping others, and making this world a better place
• Realizing that jail and prison is often a very expensive way of making bad situations worse

Individuals leave Donna Ann's presentations knowledgeable and inspired as she helps her audience to understand that a much needed awareness of compassion and rehabilitation is a necessity to help with the social and economical barriers many individuals face which ultimately lead them into a life of crime, into the penal system and/or down roads that travel to chaos, destruction and despair that can take years to come out of, if it all.

Most Requested Presentations

Women in Prison: A Growing Trend
Women are going to prison today more than ever. Donna Ann takes you vividly behind the walls into the Unites States Largest Maximum Security Women's Prison and tells you directly "Why So Many Women Are Going To Prison Today More Than Ever and What Goes On Inside If You Are One Of Them."

The System is Preparing for You! Who? Today's Youth
Many of our youth are doing innumerable crimes which will take them right into jail and prison and great majorities are making disappointing life choices. Some of the same issues and problems have been in existence for many years. These problems have caused the juvenile halls, jails and prisons to become a breeding ground for drugs, sex, violence, deaths and comfortability where a number of individuals have fallen victim too and have conformed too institutionalism as a means and way of life. Donna Ann talks candidly to teens and young adults about the system, the challenges of life and how to overcome and WIN!

The Challenge of Change: Systematic Point of View
Change can be hard, especially when you are in the system (penal), or a part of it, be it inmate or civilian; however Donna Ann believes, "that if everyday we all do things to the best of our ability, then all of our daily experiences will be successes. If any of us cheat or don't do our best, then our experiences will have a negative impact". Donna Ann speaks humbly that compassion, rehabilitation and society's forgiveness and help is a must, and that change is not as hard as we make it to be.

There's Hope: Standing on Faith Can Transform Your Life
Donna Ann talks openly about how faith and trust in God will change your life for the best. Donna Ann takes you into her life and how making the wrong choices led her into a road of despair, but when she trusted in God and allowed Him to lead, life became anew. In this inspiring presentation, Donna Ann offers useful tools for achieving your goals and dreams, even when the odds have been placed against you, when you encounter challenges and struggles and when there seems to be no hope.

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