Dave Dahl’s story isn’t typical for ex-felons. Most offenders do not get meaningful support that helps them re-integrate back into the community before they are released.
Ex-felons are typically released into the community under-educated, with meager employment prospects and scarce housing
The negative consequence of drug use and thieving finally took its toll on Dahl while serving his fourth term inside an Oregon state penitentiary.
After 15 years of prison life, what do you think it took to change his mind-set?
Dahl said that depression led him to desperation. “I was on the verge of suicide, so I dropped a note in the box to see the psych. When I let go of that note and it left my hand, I knew there was no going back. I had to talk about my problems,” he said during a recent visit to San Quentin.
Dahl said the professional and educational help he received while in prison improved his understanding of himself through humility, tolerance and acceptance.
Humility was a word Dahl used repeatedly in emphasizing the self-respect he believes every man must obtain in order to “get to a better place in life.”
He said that even though he learned computer drafting while in prison, his father’s bakery inspired to him to create uniquely tasty breads and branch out to form his own company.
Dahl told this story to a classroom of San Quentin prisoners involved in a business literary training program called The Last Mile.
The Last Mile is designed to bridge the gap between the penal system and the technology business sector. Chris Redlitz sponsors the program with the goal of providing marketable business skills to participants that may be utilized upon release.
Redlitz said that he was doing research for his program when he read about Dave’s Killer Bread.
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