"Refusal of Persona Non Grata Status. Inside the Heart and Soul of a Convicted Felon: The Struggle to Retain Personhood This volume will take you inside not merely a physical prison, but the spiritual battle to stay focused as a valued human being. This work captures a personal experience to remain a person and not become a number. In this exertion, I reflect on the twelve stages of spiritual, physical, mental, and emotional warfare that I encountered daily. These skirmishes are not written in any manual, but they are real in the heart and soul of anyone who has been incarcerated. So many of those incarcerated become the victim of failure to the spiritual and psychological warfare that greets an individual upon the loss of freedom. Unbroken Anguish, Relentless Battles, Shaping Destiny or Impacting History, as well as Humility and Wisdom are among the twelve stages of warfare that must be fought and won in order to retain personhood. The Refusal of Persona Non Grata Status represents a vital key that will unlock the door of hope for a positive future. The Refusal of Persona Non Grata Status assures the individual that in spite of the opposing odds, giving up and succumbing to failure or a lower class designation is not an option, nor an alternative. Allow me to interject, all prisons are not constructed with concrete and steel. There are many emotional, financial, mental, and spiritual prisons that have higher numerical populations than all the global criminal justice systems combined. In this exertion, the foundation has been lain to help anyone through any dilemma that would threaten their personhood. This is a clarion call to anyone who may have felt victimized or demeaned in character. The Refusal of Persona Non Grata Status will help you to reach a victorious plateau over the twelve battle stages of spiritual warfare that seek to destroy your personhood.