A inmate member of Prisoners United Spreading Hope, at the women's prison in Jessup, Maryland, tries to help an at-risk teen.

Teen Alyssa, busted with her friends for shoplifting, stands before female inmates and tries to get to the root of her troubled life.

Inmates perform a skit depicting the impact of prison life on their families.

Female inmates at MCI- Jessup for Women contrast life before and then inside prison.

Red-headed Brandi, a self-proclaimed badass and shoplifter, looks on as another teen reveals her own troubled past.

Troubled teens avoid the food while eating tacos with inmates at the women's prison in Jessup, Maryland.

Outside of the women's prison in Jessup, Maryland.

Four at-risk teens listen intently to female inmates at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup.