“I had to really grasp that I was out and that I wanted something new. I did not want to go back in. Because I remember being in jail and asking God, ‘Please get me out, help me.’”...
An ANWOL resident who recently discharged from probation credits the organization as giving her the safe space needed to reach her goals....
This year A New Way of Life Re-Entry Project (ANWOL) is expanding their voter registration efforts to include those who are newly eligible to vote. The passage of Assembly Bill 2466 in 2016 has made it possible for men and women serving time...
The All of Us or None year end gathering was a time for members of the Los Angeles and Long Beach chapters to come together for a meal and to celebrate the many struggles and accomplishments of 2017....
Holidays at A New Way of Life (ANWOL) are always special for our women and their children. This Christmas, Ms. Mattie, ANWOL’s newest resident, is able to experience the holiday beyond the walls of prison....
On Tuesday, December 13, staff and volunteers of A New Way of Life’s (ANWOL) Household Goods Distribution Center loaded a 18-wheeler truck with items to donate to the families in Puerto Rico that were devastated by hurricanes Irma and Maria....
Most of them hadn’t been on that type of vehicle. To know that somebody cared enough to do something like that and to watch them in their freedom was beautiful....