I love your prison stories, that remember me that encarceration goal is at first place redeem, not to punish, and to protect society. Keep with your great work, sister!
Regarding Adam, I would suggest something about Abbé Pierre, who had such an interesting life: first as a Resistance hero, for a brief time as a politician, and the biggest part of his life as a "Father" to the homeless. He's so human, even in his confessed "faults"...