Rutanya – “My story is my truth.”
Rutanya has been actively involved with Truth Be Told in one role or another for a long time. She connects with our graduates and is never afraid to advocate for what she believes in.
THE FACTS
Women in Texas prisons are released back into the communities where they did their crime with $50 and a bus ticket. Studies show that 2 out of 3 people released from prison are rearrested, and more than 50% are incarcerated again within three years of being released.
For the past 30 years, the number of women incarcerated in America has grown exponentially, increasing at nearly twice the rate of men’s incarceration. With only five percent of the world’s female population, the U.S. accounts for nearly 30 percent of the world’s incarcerated women. More women are incarcerated in Texas than in any other state in the country.
Truth Be Told is helping to stop the cycle of incarceration. We provide opportunities for personal growth and healing through our prison, jail, and reentry programs. Creativity, effective communication and community-building skills can give previously incarcerated women and their children a chance to start a new life of benefit to all Texas communities.
50%
of people released from prison in the U.S. are incarcerated again within three years of being released.
81%
of incarcerated women in Texas are mothers. On any given day, more than 2 million children in the U.S. have a parent in jail or prison.
86%
of our graduates remain free 3 years after incarceration. 3 years is the benchmark for success in breaking the cycle of re-incarceration.
