Program helping inmates turn lives around

Inmates at the Kendall County Adult Detention Center are free to attend the Christian Journey Courses’ Prepped for Life Program.

Rather than focusing on the faults of the program attendees, the instructors center on each inmate’s strengths and go into detail about their childhood – right up to the events that led to their incarceration.

Founded by Lynn Heckler, who found herself a battered wife in her late 20s, the Prepped for Life Program is a deep-dive into the all-too-common abuse typical among the detention center classmates. In fact, an astonishing 70% of inmates believed alcohol and drug abuse is normal within a typical household.