Triple Sessions
"I grew up at perhaps the tail end of the “spare the rod, spoil the child” generation, so violence was normalized and mitigated with life lessons." More
Death By Incarceration: Cruel And Unusual
"If there is no chance of parole than those sentences are not about corrections or rehabilitation, but are only about retribution and revenge." More
Thorazine, Haldol & Coffee: My Life in a Prison Mental Health Ward
"When the security officer opened the door, and I walked into the unit, I had no idea what I’d find and what to do." More
Parole Reform
"Prisoners must have a mode in which they can challenge the state’s actions in parole decisions. Any system that cannot be held accountable is an unjust system." More
Mass Incarceration: The Shame of a Nation
"This new criminal injustice system is doing exactly what it was designed to do; exactly what Jim Crow and slavery did before it." More
Lexie’s Books
"It is the essence of transformation, the protean nature of our imagination and expressions that compel us to write, to rant and rave and strive to be heard." More
The Swallow War
"This singular edifice sits in the center of the prison; it's open air and we call it the plaza. There are a couple of trees, some sickly grass, and… More
Execution Day—Involuntary Witness to Murder
"The significance of this cannot be understated. I’ve been down here on death watch before years ago and came within hours of being executed myself, and there’s always been… More
Going Forward with Gus
"As Gus would speak about the love for his kids and the things he wished he had done better, I thought about what it would have been like to… More
Wounded For My Own Transgressions
Now I’m back in prison. The nurses are treating me more like a medical monkey than a medical miracle. The “administration” and the like all want to see the… More
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Virus of official government retaliation against #COVID19 truth-tellers, with recent cases logged @WhiteHouse @GovRonDeSantis @USNavy @peacehealthstjo and all over #China now hits Russia too. Surprise, surprise. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/03/world/europe/russian-virus-doctor-detained.html?algo=identity&fellback=false&imp_id=382687303&action=click&module=moreIn&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer
In order to circumvent censorship by China and Iran to control the flow of information amid COVID-19, journalists are using the Ethereum blockchain.
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PEN America mourns the death of Turkish musician Helin Bölek, who died following a hunger strike protesting her fellow artists' imprisonment. https://bit.ly/2JAZfL3