Youthful inmates beginning their sentences in high-security prisons run into all kinds of negative influences. To address the problem, California … [Read more...]
Blues Quartet Sings Classics to Prisoners
On a Sunday night more than 100 men, most slightly older than your average prisoner, gathered in a chapel to hear a Blues Quartet brought into San … [Read more...]
Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
Whether or not Americans know it, we have been living in a state of perpetual war since the 1950s. We have gotten used to it and it has a distinct … [Read more...]
Documentary Examines Immigrant’s Journey
An hour-long documentary about an ex-offender who spent nearly two decades behind bars and then sought forgive-ness through non-violence advocacy made … [Read more...]
TEDx Displays Prisoners’ Extraordinary Artistic Skills
As a way to display the artistic talent inside prison, a miniature city based on the collective memories of more than a dozen incarcerated artists was … [Read more...]
Toxic Schools: High-Poverty Education in New York and Amsterdam by Bowen Paulle
On the surface, people might be surprised to learn that high-poverty schools in South Bronx and Amsterdam have a lot in common. In Toxic Schools: … [Read more...]
San Quentin Hosts 1st TEDx
Curtis “Wall Street” Carroll said his inspiration to learn how to read was when he heard about stocks. He said someone told him “that’s where White … [Read more...]
California Building More County Jails
California has earned a reputation as a bastion of social liberalism, but reliance on mass incarceration continues to be a major component of its … [Read more...]
Texas Governor: Prisoners Need Chance To Begin New Life With Clean Slate
“The idea that we lock people up, throw them away, never give them a chance at redemption, is not what America is about,” said Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) … [Read more...]
Art Program Helps Prisoners Transform Their Viewpoints
himself as “the dangerous one,” and in 1998, it became apparent after he committed a senseless murder that earned him a life sentence. Fast forward to … [Read more...]
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