Trigger Warning: This memoir contains descriptions of child abuse, domestic violence, extreme neglect, mental illness, sexual abuse, incarceration, and traumatic loss . No generative artificial intelligence was used in the writing of this memoir. Broken Grace is a --purely human story—written with the rawness, flaws, heartbreak, resilience, and hope that only lived experience can produce. Every sentence was crafted from a real life marked by suffering, survival, and redemption. Broken Grace: A Child’s Journey Through Adult Maximum Security Prisons At sixteen years old, Joshua A. Wolf’s life changed forever. After a childhood defined by unimaginable abuse in what he calls “the condo of hell,” Joshua entered the criminal justice system—first as a terrified boy, and ultimately as a prisoner trapped inside some of the harshest adult maximum-security institutions in America. Broken Grace is not simply a memoir. It is a testimony of human suffering and the astonishing power of grace that can rise from its ruins . From the devastating instability of life with a mentally ill mother, to years of starvation, beatings, neglect, and trauma, Joshua’s early life became a storm he could neither understand nor escape. His story moves through juvenile detention, psychiatric wards, violent prisons, legal battles, and the long internal fight for healing and identity. Yet woven through every broken place is the love of his Papa, the flashes of childhood innocence, and a relentless journey toward hope. Joshua writes with brutal honesty—about the crime he committed, the systems that failed him, and the grace that ultimately rebuilt him. For readers who appreciate true crime, trauma healing, prison reform, survivor memoirs, psychology, faith-based redemption stories, and raw human truth , Broken Grace offers an unforgettable look into what it means to rise from a shattered childhood and become someone new. This memoir asks hard questions: How does a child become the adult the world fears? Can brokenness ever be redeemed? And what does grace look like when everything has been lost? A moving, painful, and ultimately hopeful journey— Broken Grace reminds us that every human story, even the darkest ones, can still carry the possibility of light.