https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tynlUWVcUQU&t=4s The coronavirus is spreading in the U.S prison system with new cases emerging daily. People in prison are sick and rebelling. Recently, Vice News did an interview with an incarcerated person who exposed the...
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This Month’s Prison Reading List Favorite: Can You See Yourself With It?
How much I paid for the cinnamon roll has nothing to do with how much I’m willing to sell it for.
An Inspiration! Excerpt from Our Founder’s book Mayhem, Murder & Magnificence: A Memoir
…the social death of the African American has always been part of the American Experience
What Happened to California’s Prison Movement?
Today, some seven years after the historic California hunger strikes, the general attitude on the yard is not that of resistance but compliance…
Inspiration: A Voice from the Inside
Inspiration: A Voice from the Inside A life-changing conversation with the incarcerated author, philanthropist, and activist Ivan Kilgore as he takes us on the journey of the inspirational story behind his recently published book, Murder, Mayhem & Magnificence: A...
Inspiration: A Life Born of Necessity
Going from prison yards to a university campus is quite the contrast of a life once lived; however, the brightness of his future blinds all doubts from his view.
We Care For Our Pets Better Than Our Incarcerated Citizens
He’s gone years without touching or being touched by another human being (except when the guards put handcuffs on him to escort him from his cell).
A Decade of Criminal Justice Reform: Have We Moved The Needle?
Just how much has changed over the course of the past decade in terms of Criminal Justice Reform and abolition efforts?
Home Coming: Returning Citizens & the Impact of Incarceration
"After years of waiting and counting down, it is almost time for the gates on the Iron House to open and your loved one to step through and come home. Your greatest dream and your worse nightmare are about to be realized...yes, it is your loved one and no, you don't...
Alabama Department of Corrections on Lockdown/ Incarcerated Activist Robert Earl Council Transported to University of Alabama at Birmington Hospital
Alabama Department of Corrections on Lockdown/ Incarcerated Activist Robert Earl Council Transported to University of Alabama at Birmington Hospital
Writing For Social Justice: An Intimate Conversation On the Impact of Mass Incarceration & Criminal Justice Reform
Here, we have those closest to the problem and those seeking to better understand and change our country’s position as the world’s largest incarcerator, both invested with the power to shape the narrative….
Building a Legacy: Adversity Introduces A Man to Himself
I was in prison sentenced to spend the rest of my days on earth locked in a cell. Still and yet, I possessed the ability to make a conscious decision to not allow these circumstances to define me….
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