About Dr. Pryce

Finding Inspiration in Every Turn

After serving 16 years of a 24 year prison sentence that began when he was a teenager, Dr. Yehudah Pryce, DSW, MSW  graduated Summa Cum Laude from Adams State University, earning his Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with an emphasis in Social Welfare. He subsequently earned his Master of Social Work degree in from the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work where he was the Chair of Unchained Scholars. Dr. Pryce was named Student of Year at Simmons University, where he earned his Doctorate of Social Work. While in incarcerated he helped develop personal curriculum and facilitate groups of up to 60 diverse incarcerated community members. Dr. Pryce was previously an ICMS (intensive case management services) case manager and program manager serving community members who were chronically homeless and contending with mental health challenges in South Los Angeles and Skid Row. Dr. Pryce currently works as the Senior Director of National Mental Health & Well-Being programs at a national nonprofit organization that delivers in-prison and reentry curriculum and support, and he provides individual psychotherapy to "Lifers" in prison prpearing for the parole board. Additionally, Dr. Pryce works as a psychotherapist at a local Jewish substance abuse intensive outpatient program.

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Dr. Pryce (Yehudah ben Avraham) underwent an Orthodox gerus through the Rabbinical Council of California and lives with his wife and four children in the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles, California.