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They found a home among others with similar stories

October 23, 2019 by Lisa Strawn

On May 1, the first Transgender Support Group began at San Quentin Prison with two mental health clinicians and me as an adviser on Wednesdays in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recently Posted Tagged With: Lisa Strawn, Prison Programs, transgender

The Beat Within celebrates 21 years of giving youth a voice

June 26, 2019 by Lisa Strawn

For the past five years, Dave Inocencio has been coming to San Quentin to lead a writing workshop for The Beat Within publication that he started … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Featured, YOUTH OFFENDERS Tagged With: kid cat, Lisa Strawn, The Beat Within

The origin story of New Hope: San Quentin's LGBT church

June 26, 2019 by Lisa Strawn

In 2014, two transgender inmates founded an LGBT church at San Quentin called New Hope. Kim McBride, a minister for 19 years, and Adriel Ramirez … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: LGBT, Lisa Strawn, New Hope, Pride in Prison, Religious Programs

Incarcerated women bringing #MeToo movement to prisons

December 29, 2018 by Lisa Strawn

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh campaigning against street harassment of women with her poster “Stop Telling Women to Smile”

Women on the outside are doing their work to bring incarcerated women into the #MeToo movement. According to a piece from The Fire Inside, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: incarcerated women, Institutions

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