The number of Americans jailed or on probation fell 21% from its peak in 2007, federal statistics show. The figures show between 2017 and 2018 … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2021
Adding up the good and the bad for 2020
Welcome 2021. It’s hard for me to wish you all a Happy New Year with many of us still processing the events of 2020—the seismic shift of what we … [Read more...]
Rebuilding his life after 44 years of incarceration from 1170d
By Ruby Wilks & Davis Vanguard At age 63 and during a pandemic, Paul Redd begins to build his life outside of prison after 44 years of … [Read more...]
Incarcerated Reentry Resource Directory, January 2021
Note: Some of the programs listed in previous issues had become inactive or have been discontinued. Our apologies to the program as the people writing … [Read more...]
Snippets, January 2021
Fingernails and hair do not, in fact, continue to grow after you die. To grow, these must have a steady supply of glucose, which is cut off after the … [Read more...]
Correspondence with Miami Youth Academy
In October, students at Miami Youth Academy and men at San Quentin State Prison in California started a letter exchange facilitated by the Prison … [Read more...]
PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship 2021
PEN America’s Writing for Justice Fellowship will commission six or more writers— emerging or established—to create written works of lasting merit … [Read more...]
8 Degrees of Yes process starts a spiritual journey
A spiritual program designed to help the incarcerated find hope and transform their lives. It is called the 8 Degrees of Yes, a therapeutic … [Read more...]
Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter from Birmingham jail
My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities … [Read more...]
New video visit program bridges the COVID gap
Prisoners sit nervously at a computer screen waiting to see a loved one or a family member they have not seen since March. This is the scene as, in an … [Read more...]