Elaine Voigt, Helping with Reentry with My Journey Home

Elaine Voight, who takes no salary for herself, has been helping ex-felons rejoin their communities in northern Nevada by helping them navigate the uphill battles they face when released from prison. The paralegal began another group called “Friends and Family of Prison Inmates” in 2002.

“The goal for this group was to provide understanding to those who have been left behind when a loved one goes to prison. I know from first hand experience what judgments are carried over to the families and the shame, frustration, anger and sense of abandonment the families are trying to work through. After a few meetings, we realized that those leaving the prison system were experiencing the same feelings but from a different perspective,” she writes on the My Journey Home website. Listen to her interview with Richard Bednarski as she gives an update on the type of help she now provides and how get to this point.