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My Story
SECOND CHANCE BLUEPRINTS was birthed out of a 26-year prison bid. This is where I transitioned from a male to a man. I am a Mentor, Peer Support Specialist, Author, Diplomat for Christ, inspirational Speaker, Visionary and Founder of 'Second Chance Blueprints.'
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THE JOURNEY BEGINS
Jamii Wood first crossed paths with Jennie Amison around 2013 at the Coffeewood Correctional Center in Culpeper County. This was the last facility in which he was incarcerated. He started out in Southampton in 1992, when he was just 18 years old. He served a total of 25 years.
“He was humble … I found him to always be teachable,” Amison said.
After one of her first sessions with him, “he just flourished from there, and I knew that he was going to be successful.”
Now Wood is also a peer recovery specialist with the Virginia Department of Corrections.
“He is doing a fantastic job. Everything that he learned, he’s now giving back to those guys,” Amison said.
Wood lives in Richmond, where he grew up. He works with prison offenders across the central region of the state, all virtually now because of the pandemic. While that contact is better than nothing, he said, trying to compensate for the physical separation has become the most challenging part of his job.
Wood said the men he works with love hearing his stories about “becoming more independent,” especially problem solving through stressful situations, like being broke and having the brakes go out on his car.
“I love going in and sharing my stories with them and telling them how I got over those hurdles,” he said. “That gets their ear.”