The Second Act of Derrick Monroe

The Phone Call\n\nDerrick Monroe still keeps the receipt from the bus ticket that brought him back to Las Vegas in 2019. He was 38, freshly released, and carrying a duffel bag with two shirts and a folder of paperwork.\n\n## Rebuilding the Ladder\n\nWithin a year he had a job. Within three he had a nonprofit. ReEntry Vegas now places more than 200 people a year into trades apprenticeships.\n\n## The Work Ahead\n\n"I wasn't saved by a system. I was saved by one person who answered the phone. My whole job now is to be that phone call."