John spent 13 years behind bars paying for his mistakes. But when he walked out of prison, he discovered something far more devastating than incarceration: he had nowhere to go. No home. No support. No pathway to rebuild the life he desperately wanted to reclaim.
For the past five years, John has been homeless on the streets of St. Louis. His story is a stark reminder that in America, “freedom” after prison often means being released directly into homelessness without the tools, structure, or stability needed to survive…