Broken Pieces

At eight years old, Ben learned how to survive raised in chaos. His father in prison, addiction in the home, violence, homelessness, and the crushing weight of religious extremism. He grew up believing the world was his enemy. Fear turned to anger. Anger turned to hate. Surrounded by racism, Ben found belonging in White supremacist ideology, embracing the very beliefs that were slowly destroying him.

By eighteen, that path led him to prison, but prison did not break him. It stripped him bare...