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View Comments Darnell Ford is the property manager at Valor Ridge, an aftercare housing facility for Men of Valor, a local prison ministry. By the time I got my “second chance,” I had acquired 11 felonies and had been in at least five different county jails. I had been given other chances, of course, but up until then, I had passed them all up. Today, I am a changed man. Not only am I a free man, but I work for Men of Valor, the prison ministry I credit for being the agent of change in my life. As the prison ministry’s property manager, I am responsible for overseeing Valor Ri...