47. The Louder Prison Redemption Portia was indicted for mortgage fraud and sent to federal prison for seven years. Few places are more awful than prisons. The despair is palpable, but she held on to the one thing that could never be taken from her: hope. Or, as Andy Dufresne said in The Shawshank Redemption, "Remember Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies." In episode 47, I speak with Portia Louder.
Portia Louder owned a busy wedding photography business in Utah but began selling real estate in the early 2000s. In 2004, She was investigated, indicted for mortgage fraud, and sentenced to seven years in federal prison. She left her husband, Chad, and their five children behind and served four and a half years. Portia recounts her time in prison in her memoir Living Louder: A Compassionate Journey Through Federal Prison. It documents her experiences and how she found the courage to change her life, move past her mistakes, and create a new future for herself.
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