ONE WOMAN’S SUCCESS – BREAKING THE CYCLE!
In March 2016, Alaska Department of Corrections in partnership with the Kodiak Area Mentor Program hosted a very meaningful event for Kodiak that involved Amy Avery Gill, the Alaska Representative for Celebrate Recovery.
In 2009 Amy was arrested in Kodiak and charged with four crimes (**see below). She had five co-defendants and her role in the offense was as the higher level distributor of methamphetamine to four of the co-defendants.
Amy was supervised in Anchorage by PO Lana Grist. Her success led to early termination from probation. She then secured employment as the Administrative Assistant at Faith Christian Community Church and obtained the position of Alaska Representative for Celebrate Recovery.
When Amy was invited to speak to the KAMP Group and Celebrate Recovery, she asked if it would be possible to address everyone in the Kodiak Judicial system who were involved in her case. She wanted to have the opportunity to tell them the work they do really matters and that lives can really change.
Many of those in attendance thanked Amy for having the courage to come back to Kodiak and face the people who were instrumental in putting her in jail.
Amy gave credit to the TLC Program at Hiland Mountain Correctional for being an integral part of her success.
Thank you Amy! We appreciate you!
** MICS III, MICS IV, Aiding and Abetting MICS I; and Conspiracy First Degree MICS (Criminal Enterprise)
(posted in Alaska Department of Corrections; AK DOC Today; Thursday, March 17, 2016)