"When I was first asked about how the JCIP Program has helped me I didn't know where to begin.

Before I was admitted to Ethan Allen, my decision-making and total perspective towards life was so negative. I didn't care about anything, not my family, myself, nothing. The only thing that concerned me was money; However, I got it, I didn't care.

Now I've learned to appreciate a job and the value of a dollar. Never would I have thought that at nineteen I would have a steady job and my own apartment, paying my own bills. But Cognitive Interventions made me realize that nothing is going to be handed to you in the real world. You have to work for what you want.

I have learned that there is just so much more to life than being behind bars being told what to do. I don't know where I would be right now if I had not had Ethan Allen to offer that program to me while I was there.

So in conclusion, I feel that anyone who has the chance to do the phases of Cognitive Intervention needs to take the opportunity to change their life."