Jesse Wiese

Jesse Wiese is a former bank robber, an attorney, and the vice president of program design and evaluation at Prison Fellowship.

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Opinion

August 5, 2022

I spent time in prison for robbing a bank. Here’s how we prevent ex-cons from going back to jail

I served time for bank robbery and saw up close what doesn't work in prisons. People can't become good citizens, change their character, within a corrosive prison culture.