by admin | Jan 18, 2021 | Prison Reform
I was recently scrolling through instagram and found an interesting video from Shawn Stevensen known as @ShawnModel on Instagram. He’s a health podcaster and an author of a few books, namely Sleep Smarter and Eat Smarter. Shawn shares that people with...
by | Nov 10, 2020 | Positive Prison Stories
From prison to influential pillars of their communities. These 5 shocking stories of inmates will give you hope of life after prison and the avenues we need to take to lower our recidivism rates in the US. Their stories not only inspire, but guide us into...
by | Nov 6, 2020 | Prison Reform
Prison Reform has been on the political agenda for both Democrats and Republicans decades but rarely do we see reform that will fully transform our prison system on a legislative level. We lose hope or we forget to fight for the incarcerated because they are unseen...
by | Nov 5, 2020 | Private Prison System
It’s no secret that mental illness is at an all time high. It’s not a far guess to assume people who are afflicted with their mental health are more likely to encounter police than get medical attention. As a result, 2 million people with mental illness...
by | Nov 4, 2020 | Private Prison System
We already know that prisoners are treated subhuman because they did the crime, right? But what civil liberties are prisons actively violating without and recourse? Below you will find out which prisons have dipped and dodged public scrutiny while actively violating...
by | Nov 3, 2020 | Private Prison System
Source: wkyc.com Since the 1970s, the prison system has expanded into a multi-billion dollar industry. With that said, more prisons mean more incarcerated humans within a system that is greatly broken. In today’s world, we either know of someone who’s been...
by admin | Oct 27, 2020 | Private Prison System
Prison labor has been a part of the U.S. economy since at least the late 19th century. Today, it’s a 40 billion dollar a year industry. Incarcerated people do everything from building furniture, making military equipment all the way down to packaging our...
by admin | Oct 19, 2020 | Positive Prison Stories
We hear about environmental and social activists making waves in our society but what about the stories from our previously incarcerated? The humans who succumbed to the stereotypes and still found a way to make a slash for equality. Marlon Peterson is not only a man,...
by admin | Oct 3, 2020 | Private Prison System
Imagine barely being a teenager and being arrested and coerced into a crime that you didn’t commit. Imagine you and a your friends were also wrongfully convicted. Back in 1989 there was a rape that occurred in Central Park, NY. Wrongly sentenced for the 1989...
by admin | Oct 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Kalief Browder Story The Story on Kalief Browder exposes the crazy reality of how a youthful man lost his life as a result of a broken legal and prison system, and happening to be in the wrong place with a backpack. The show Time: The film gives watchers an inner...
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