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‘I would prefer to spend life in prison than the prison that was in my home’ | Domestic abuse survivor shares empowering story

E. Kane. Patricia Johnson, and Lena J.
E. Kane. Patricia Johnson, and Lena J.

October is recognized as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

“I just could not live like that anymore. I would prefer to spend life in prison than the prison that was in my home.” -P. Johnson

Patricia Johnson, a domestic abuse survivor, is the CEO of bbyIRISE Ministries, a motivational speaker, poet, and author of Her Name is Grace, a book of poetry about redemption.

Johnson was a victim of domestic violence for 15 years.

She joins Good Morning Baltimore to share her empowering story and how she is using her experiences to help others.

Click the audio to listen.