This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. MeLisa McManus and Tina Brosius, both sentenced to life in prison as teenagers, say they grew up together in prison. After two decades of incarceration, the two women said the “Foundations of Friendship,’’ they have found has helped them become productive citizens with the hope of showing the world all that they have become.

Inmates at Muncy State Prison

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