Today’s guest is Jennifer Myers. Jennifer’s story is straight out of a Netflix series, especially if you’ve ever seen Narcos or Ozark. As a recent and innocent college grad, Jennifer soon found herself involved in one of the biggest Marijuana drug trafficking operations in the United States. After her wild journey of illegally moving millions of dollars of marijuana and eventually getting caught and being sentenced in prison, a new calling and life trajectory was being birthed.

After Jennifer learned about our country’s massive incarceration problem, especially with nonviolent offenses, her passion to be an advocate for women in prison and youth with incarcerated parents led Jennifer to co-found R.I.S.E. to Empower, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering girls and women to make positive choices. Their work with at-risk, teen girls led to their program being accepted into San Diego U.S. Federal Probation’s reentry initiative, where they facilitate high-risk women recently released from Federal Prison.

Jennifer is a TEDx Speaker, ghostwriter, federal prison consultant, and author of the award-winning memoir, “Trafficking the Good Life.” Jennifer is incredibly inspiring and I’m so excitd for you guys to hear this one. So without further ado, today’s episode with Jennifer Meyers.

Show Notes / Links:Jennifer’s website: http://jennifermyers.co/Jennifer’s Nonprofit: http://www.risetoempower.org/Jennifer’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenmyers198/Jennifer’s Book: http://jennifermyers.co/book/Jennifer’s TEDx Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_myers_don_t_tell_me_what_you_did_wrong_tell_me_what_you_do_right_jan_2017

28:00 - What life is like in prison28:50 - The shame of being in prison and the human indecency 31:00 - sex and companionship in female prison 36:00 - what it’s like being freed from jail40:00 Why changing our sentencing policies are the key to changing nonviolent crime sentences