It’s no secret that our prisons are overflowing. In some states people who should be paying for the crimes they committed are out walking the streets because there’s not enough room for them in the prisons. A lot of this has to do with the fact that after many criminals have paid for their crimes, they are released only to commit the same crimes over again.

The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics website says that 78.8% of motor vehicle thieves are arrested again for the same crime after they’ve been released and 2.6% of rapists are arrested for rape again in only three years after their release. Of the one hundred billion dollars taxpayers spend on prisons every year, not even 1% goes to rehabilitating inmates. We’re not reforming people we’re simply holding them until they can go back out and return to their old lives of crime.

That’s why Car Angel feels it’s so important to work toward a change in our prisons. Every year, Car Angel comes out with a new book that is distributed to the prisons and calls for reform and change. Each book educates criminals on the reality of the lives they are living and calls them to come away from their former life and become productive members of society.

Our books have made such a difference that taxpayers save an estimated $160,000,000 a year from criminals who have read our books and changed their lives because of it.

Below is an excerpt from Death Sentence, one of the many books that have been sent out to the prisons. Take the time to read it and see for yourself why our books are making a difference. The more books that go out, the bigger difference we’ll make.