Toby and Dana
Explore the dynamic duo of Toby Dorr and Dana Wright as they join forces to inspire and empower audiences worldwide. Enjoy this engaging talk. Toby and Dana share their unique perspectives and expertise on resilience, personal growth, and making a difference. Discover the power of their partnership. Embark on a journey of inspiration and empowerment with Toby Dorr and Dana Wright.
Check out other appearances with Dana Wright:
- Dana and Parks Radio Show,
- Media Appearances,
- Live on the Dana and Parks Show,
- Hi Diary Friends!,
- Road Trip,
- OR to read Dana’s Foreword for my book…
In Dana’s Words
OH MY I have been waiting for you to meet Toby Dorr. People always ask me, “What’s the craziest story you’ve ever covered as a reporter?” You would be hard pressed to find a crime more baffling bizarre and unbelievable than this one. At the time, Dorr was a married mother of two, named Toby Young. She’d never had a traffic ticket in her life. She’d started a volunteer program inside of a maximum security prison in Kansas. Toby spent hours inside prison walls, helping inmates train and foster stray dogs.
About a year after the canine prison program started, Toby fell in love with a convicted murderer . She smuggled him out of Lansing Prison in a dog crate.
I remember thinking, “WHAT?!?!?!?!?” The escape made international headlines. The pair spent two weeks on the run before a dramatic high speed chase brought it all to an end. But if you look beyond the crime, Toby’s story is actually one of redemption. She was handed a 27 month prison sentence. And now says her time behind bars -as an inmate- saved her life. Toby says, “I have never been closer to anyone in my life than the women I met in prison.”
Toby is now out of prison and happily married. She’s on a mission to help other incarcerated women. Hoping to help every broken woman who wakes up behind bar.
“How the hell did this happen?”
She reminds them “No one is as bad as their biggest mistake…”
– Dana
