Lifeline to a SoulThe Life-Changing Perspective I Gained While Teaching Entrepreneurship to Prisoners

A compelling true life journey of transformation, purpose, and redemption inside one of the most unexpected classrooms in the world prison. After building a successful startup into a multi-million-dollar industry leader, John K. McLaughlin stepped away from the business world to pursue a new direction: teaching others what he had learned. With no formal teaching background, he accepts an unusual assignment, teaching entrepreneurship inside a minimum-security prison in North Carolina. What follows is a powerful and often unexpected journey as incarcerated men begin to respond to the program, revealing both human potential and systemic challenges. As progress builds, a scandal involving prison officials threatens to dismantle everything he has worked for. *Lifeline to a Soul* is a deeply human account of resilience, transformation, and the fragile line between hope and disruption within the prison system.