The Second Sentence: Understanding PICS Online Course
Gain the Language, Awareness, and Understanding Needed to Recognize the Hidden Impact of Incarceration and Respond More Effectively
The Understanding Post-Incarceration Syndrome (PICS) Online Course is a self-paced, PICS-informed educational program designed to help formerly incarcerated citizens, families, and professionals better understand the often unseen psychological, emotional, and behavioral impact of incarceration.
Through practical lessons, real-world examples, and Shelia Bruno’s educational frameworks, participants will learn why many post-release behaviors may be adaptive survival patterns rather than character flaws, and how incarceration can continue to influence thinking, emotional regulation, relationships, trust, decision-making, and daily functioning long after release.
Whether you are a formerly incarcerated citizen trying to make sense of your own experiences, a loved one seeking understanding, or a professional working in reentry, corrections, social services, workforce development, education, faith communities, or community support, this course provides the language, awareness, and insight needed to move from confusion to clarity.
Because release is not the end of the sentence, and understanding is often the first step toward meaningful change.
Includes:
• Self-Paced Video Lessons
• Downloadable Resources
• Certificate of Completion
• Lifetime Access
Real Stories. Real Understanding. Real Talk.
These books explore the realities of life after prison, the hidden impact of incarceration, and the adaptive patterns that often follow release. Through lived experience, education, and practical insight, they help readers make sense of what they are seeing, feeling, and experiencing.
“What you are doing with your book and messages is going to have an impact for DECADES to come. You discuss critically important issues in a way that the public will understand them and begin to ‘care’. Thank you!!” – Dr. Lisa, Expert on Suicide in Jails, Prisons, and Juvenile Justice
“This book clearly breaks down what those of us who have experienced incarceration go through (mentally) as we navigate the process of reintegrating back into society. As much as we appreciate the fact that we’ve been blessed with this opportunity to rejoin society, we can’t pretend that incarceration didn’t affect our mental well-being.” – Jose Burgos, Formerly Incarcerated
Bulk Book Orders & Program Pricing
Are you part of a reentry program, correctional facility, counseling center, educational institution, faith-based organization, or community agency?
The Second Sentence and Wife After Prison: Caught in the Aftermath are available at discounted bulk pricing for organizations, classrooms, book studies, staff development, and group programs.
These resources are designed to increase awareness of Post-Incarceration Syndrome (PICS), create shared language, challenge common misinterpretations, and help individuals, families, and professionals better understand the hidden impact of incarceration.
Send us a message with your organization name, quantity needed, and any special requests. We’re happy to work with you to meet the needs of your program or audience.
Contact us today for bulk pricing and program information.
Let’s put clarity, language, and understanding into more hands.