Talks with my son behind bars | Kevin Vaughn | TED Goes to Prison at Coxsackie Correctional Facility 2022

Kevin Vaughn has never met his son, as he was just born when Kevin was arrested. Listen to this deeply moving talk about how an incarcerated father develops and maintains a strong, positive relationship with his son solely by use of phone calls. Kevin Vaughn has sacrificed a lot and experienced all the bad that comes with the criminal lifestyle. While in prison over the last 13 years of a 20-year sentence, he learned how to shine bright after so many years of darkness. Among his many accomplishments are multiple alternative to violence programs, aggression replacement training, G.E.D., general business certificate, job/employment titles, substance abuse programs, and a host of volunteer and incarcerated individual-run programs and fundraisers. He’s also a student in the culinary arts program seeking his apprenticeship and certificate in Servsafe food safety. He is a man who checks and renews himself constantly. And his life purpose is to guide and uplift the youth as a whole and have a personal and positive impact on their future. But most of all, he’s the proud father of a 13-year-old son whom he loves and misses tremendously.