Annie Smith, the mother of Anthony Lamar Smith, speaks out on Resilience2Redemption about a truth that refuses to stay buried. Anthony Lamar Smith was killed in 2011 by former St. Louis Police Officer Jason Stockley, who was later acquitted in 2017. For years, Annie was told the system had spoken—but what she recently discovered tells a very different story. Who knew about the GOLDSMITH REPORT?

In 2025, Annie learned that a settlement agreement connected to her son’s wrongful death was drafted in 2019 without her knowledge, consent, or signature. While others signed and moved forward, Annie—the mother—was left uninformed, unheard, and excluded. She never agreed to the terms, never waived her rights, and never stopped seeking justice for her son.

This episode is not about reopening wounds—it’s about exposing how silence, paperwork, and power can be used to sideline the very people most harmed. Annie’s voice is firm, her truth undeniable, and her message unmistakable: “I did not sign. I did not agree. And I will not be silent.”

🎧 Listen as Annie Smith reclaims her voice and demands accountability—not just for Anthony, but for every family impacted by police violence.

In this powerful episode of Resilience2Redemption, host Madeline-Michelle: Carthen sits down with Mark A. Jones to expose the corruption, mistreatment, and systemic dehumanization taking place inside the Missouri Department of Corrections (MODOC).

Mark A. Jones brings firsthand insight into what happens when accountability disappears behind prison walls — from retaliation against those who speak up, to under staffing, neglect, and patterns of abuse that impact prisoners, families, and public safety. This episode is not speculation or rumor; it is lived experience, documented concern, and a public service announcement calling for collective change in corrections.

This conversation matters to families with incarcerated loved ones, advocates for prison reform, policymakers, taxpayers, and anyone concerned with human rights, justice, and institutional accountability. When correctional systems fail to correct, the damage reaches far beyond the walls.

🎧 Listen, share, and join the call for transparency and reform — because silence protects corruption, but truth creates change.

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For more than three decades, John T. Boyd has lived under the weight of a wrongful conviction. But wrongful imprisonment did not stop at the courtroom door.

In this episode of Resilience2Redemption, John Boyd shares what has remained hidden from public view: the unexplained and undocumented adult restrictions imposed on him earlier this year—restrictions that isolated him for months without probable cause, disciplinary charges, or due process, before being quietly lifted.

This conversation examines how systemic silence operates inside prison walls—how lies, mischaracterizations, and administrative opacity can be used to suppress truth, obstruct justice, and emotionally punish those who continue to assert their innocence.

Buried Truth: The Silence of John Boyd is not an appeal to emotion—it is a record. A testimony. And a call for accountability.

When restriction replaces rehabilitation, and silence replaces explanation, justice demands to be questioned.

🎧 Listen. Share. And help bring what was buried into the light.

In this powerful and deeply human episode of Resilience2Redemption, Mark A. Jones opens his heart and shares the quiet suffering that so many prisoners inside the Missouri Department of Corrections experience every single day.

With honesty and compassion, Mark describes what happens when medical staff walk away during moments of urgent need, when prisoners fear retaliation simply for filing a grievance, and when conditions strip individuals of their dignity, worth, and basic humanity. These are not isolated events—they are part of a painful pattern hidden behind the walls.

This conversation invites listeners to pause, feel, and truly hear the voices that are often silenced. It challenges us to see beyond stereotypes and recognize the human beings impacted by neglect, under-staffing, and systemic failures.

If you value compassion, justice, or simply believe every life has meaning, this episode will move you.
Let your heart be open. Let the truth guide you. And let this story inspire change.

Click play. Listen closely. Share with care.
Because awareness is the first step toward redemption.

When the state takes a life into its custody, it also takes on the sacred duty to protect it.
But for Tammy Reed, that promise was broken.

Her son, Brandon Pace, died at Tipton Correctional Center in Missouri while under the care of the Missouri Department of Corrections. What should have been a place of order became a scene of suffering — a man restrained, pepper-sprayed, crying out “I can’t breathe,” and ignored until his voice fell silent.

Tammy, a retired correctional officer of 25 years, knows what accountability should look like.
And now she’s demanding it — not just for Brandon, but for every incarcerated person forgotten by a system that too often confuses power with justice.

She’s filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit and is leading a growing movement to pass The Brandon Pace Act — legislation that would bring independent oversight, transparency, and humane standards to Missouri’s prisons.
Because no mother should ever have to beg the state to protect her child once it has taken him into its care.

In this episode of Resilience2Redemption, now streaming in 18 countries, we stand with Tammy Reed as she turns heartbreak into reform — honoring her son’s memory by fighting for those still living behind the walls of MODOC.

This is more than a story about loss.
It’s about faith. It’s about courage.
It’s about a mother’s unshakable belief that justice delayed will not be justice denied.

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In this urgent and unfiltered episode, Mark A. Jones steps forward to expose what life inside the Missouri Department of Corrections really looks like for the men and women living behind those walls. This conversation is not theory. It is not speculation. It is the lived truth of prisoners who have been denied medical care, ignored in moments of crisis, silenced through retaliation, and treated as less than human by a system that is supposed to uphold safety, dignity, and justice.

Mark details the alarming conditions inside MODOC — from medical staff walking off duty, leaving entire housing units without care, to the culture of fear that punishes individuals for speaking out about inhumane treatment. He reveals how chronic under-staffing, unchecked corruption, and the absence of meaningful oversight have created an environment where suffering is normalized and accountability is almost nonexistent.

This episode is more than a testimony. It is a call to conscience.

For families, advocates, policymakers, and every citizen who believes in basic human rights, this conversation forces us to confront the truth: When human beings are treated as disposable, society itself becomes complicit.

Listen closely. Share widely. Stand with those whose voices have been silenced.

Because justice begins with truth — and truth begins right here.

In this powerful episode, host Chaplain Madeline-Michelle: Carthen sits down with Mark A. Jones from inside the Northeast Correctional Center (NECC) to confront a truth many refuse to face — freedom of speech is dying behind Missouri’s prison walls.

Inside MODOC, prisoners live under a shadow of fear. Speaking out about corruption, medical neglect, or abuse isn’t treated as a constitutional right — it’s treated as defiance. Those who dare to tell the truth risk punishment, retaliation, or worse. Letters disappear. Podcasts are censored. Voices are silenced before they can reach the public ear.

Mark A. Jones is breaking that silence. From his cell, he courageously speaks on how intimidation tactics and ignored grievances have created a system that operates without oversight and without accountability. His testimony pulls back the curtain on what truly happens when men try to use their voices in a place designed to keep them voiceless.

This conversation isn’t just about one man’s story — it’s about every American’s right to speak truth to power. Freedom of speech is not a privilege granted by the state; it’s a God-given right protected by the Constitution.

When that right is stripped away, justice cannot exist.

This is what happens when silence is enforced by fear.
This is the reality of freedom denied behind the walls.
This is the voice of Mark A. Jones — Defying Silence.

In this Resilience2Redemption episode, Mark A. Jones raises serious concerns about how the Missouri Department of Corrections fails to hold itself accountable under its own policies. He issues a powerful call to action to Governor Mike Parson and state leaders to establish an independent investigation team to enter Missouri prisons, address rampant drug trafficking, expose nepotism, and confront staff misconduct head-on. Mark’s message is clear — without transparency and accountability, reform will remain just a word while corruption continues to thrive behind the walls.