No Looking Back: Leaving the Past, Prison, and Recidivism Behind: Leaving Prison,

Despite statistics that suggest otherwise, there is hope for the formally incarcerated. In this book, Dr. Brenda S. Jackson explains the backward slide of recidivism, provides tools needed to plan change, unpacks the often unaddressed impact of unresolved inner restraints and values... and more.

For those determined to transition from prison to freedom while pressing toward the mark of a better life, this book provides hope and a list of resources to begin a more fruitful journey to a better future.

Minister Brenda Simuel Jackson, (BA, MA, Master of Divinity, Ph.D.) is a born again Christian, affiliated with the Baptist Denomination. She is a member and Minister of New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church, and does ministry through BSJ Christian Seminars, Inc., a 501(c)3 Prison/Jail Ministry. She is a graduate of Wayne State University, Moody Theological Seminary - Michigan, formerly Michigan Theological Seminary, and Jacksonville Theological Seminary. Dr. Jackson has over thirty years of professional experience in human services, education administration, and management, as well as part-time collegiate instruction. She is currently the Transition Coach at The Federal Correctional Institution in Milan, Michigan where she continues to teach classes and is an adjunct faculty member of Owens Community College, Ohio.Dr. Jackson is a published writer. Her eighth book, Prayers from Prison, was completed in 2019.Dr. Jackson also hosted a radio broadcast, "God's Teaching Moments". Her Christian Journey includes short term outreach mission and prison ministry assignments in Japan, South Africa, Jamaica, Ghana, Zambia, Swaziland, Botswana, and Kenya.Dr. Jackson is a called minister of the Gospel. She was ordained in the Gospel ministry November 30, 2018, New Prospect Missionary Baptist Church. She was licensed as a minister of the Gospel November 13, 2005 and is a Chaplain with the National Baptist Convention, USA and the International Association of Chaplains. Her vineyard is the prisons of the world.