#45 - WAYNE BOATWRIGHT | From Success to Prison: a Father's Story of Loss and Redemption

As an Ivy-league attorney, start-up techie, and someone who served a 6-year stint at San Quentin (also former Managing Editor of the San Quentin News) Father, attorney, and essayist, Wayne Boatwright left his career, wife, and two children behind when he arrived at California's infamous San Quentin prison to serve his time.

Without disclosing he was an attorney, he became the Managing Editor of the San Quentin News (circulation 35,000).

But what would you do if four months into your sentence, your wife asked you for a divorce? Would you figure that without being married, there was no way to stay connected to your children and give up trying to be a dad? Or would you humble yourself and ask for the help you needed to stay in their lives?

Since his release, Boatwright uses his experiences to help others and promote awareness about the true cost of going to prison. Boatwright has started his own blog, detailing his life experiences before, during and after prison.

You can find his blog here:

https://wayneboatwright.medium.com