Jon Ponder, CEO of Hope for Prisoners, speaks during a graduation ceremony for 25 female inmates on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in Las Vegas. The College of Southern Nevada educated of the inmates, …

Jon Ponder, CEO of Hope for Prisoners, speaks during a graduation ceremony for 22 inmates at the Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, in North Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye