Craig Caudill was incarcerated for 22 years in Texas. He knew he would be in his fifties by the time he got out and wondered what he would do. He’d previously had a career in radio but says he knew the industry wouldn’t let him back in.
“How am I going to pay my rent? How am I going to have any financial stability?” Caudill recalled asking himself. A veteran, he was diagnosed with PTSD about 10 years ago, while incarcerated.
“All of the progress I had made inside—emotionally and mentally—I didn’t want that to be hindered by the challenges of homelessness or to be confronted with the possibility of drugs and alcohol,” he said. “Employment had everything to do with that. To have something to do every day. To have something to work towards.” Continue reading >>>
