H.O.N.O.R. Mentoring gives incarcerated veterans effective opportunities to continue serving our country by mentoring and supporting their prison unit neighbors resulting in improved relations and a more positive culture for all who live or work in units where The Triumph Program is present.   Avenues for giving service provide the sense of purpose and usefulness that is often lacking as veterans return home from war and which becomes more pronounced in the restricted penitentiary environment.

It is a basic human need to feel our lives matter and fulfill a purpose.  Through the H.O.N.O.R. Mentoring program, veterans can set positive examples and lead the way towards growth and development, just as they have gone ahead of us when they protected our country.  Through their servant-based leadership, an increase in comradery and positivity unit-wide will lead to a more productive environment in which inmates can serve their time and be prepared to reintegrate back into society.

 Each man or woman operates as a member of multiple communities every moment of his life: as a member of his family, his neighborhood, his city and his nation.  As a result, the H.O.N.O.R. community seeks not merely to make better prisoners, but to make better men/women.  We seek not only to lower recidivism, but to equip people with the tools necessary to thrive in each of their outside communities.

Since its launch in March 2019, H.O.N.O.R Mentoring has provided the Eastham unit with an innovative model for offender rehabilitation. It is a model that is multi-faceted, drawing together essential rehabilitative needs under the umbrella of a single program. H.O.N.O.R Mentoring is currently serving approximately 250 men on a weekly basis, with many others on a waiting list, and provides offenders with approximately 50 service opportunities to help their neighbors.