Simple communication can put a violent city on the right track, according to David Kennedy, criminal justice professor and director of the Center for Crime Prevention and Control at John Jay College.

Two current prison inmates and two former inmates visited the College’s Mildred and Ernest E. Mayo Concert Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 24 to speak about their accomplishments with Project P.R.I.D.E. (Promoting Responsibility in Drug Education) as well as their experiences in prison.