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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

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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.

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