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008 This Correctional Facility Is Creating Leaders, Not Just Inmates

Living on Incline

Nov 13, 2025

In this extraordinary episode of Living on Incline, we go behind bars at Sampson Correctional Institution, a prison that’s turning incarceration into transformation. From college degrees and reentry coaching to emotional healing and leadership development, this facility is doing something few others are: believing in the people inside.



In this extraordinary episode of Living on Incline, we go behind bars at Sampson Correctional Institution, a prison that’s turning incarceration into transformation. From college degrees and reentry coaching to emotional healing and leadership development, this facility is doing something few others are: believing in the people inside.


Join host John Eklund as he sits down with three key leaders who are changing the future of incarceration:

 • Robert Van Gorder – Facility Warden II

 • Charles Wooten – Facility Case Manager & Reentry Coordinator

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