Founder's Take: Freedom Begins With Us
The paradox of incarceration is that if you’ve been inside, you desperately want to believe that the time you spent in those cells matters. You understand that you did more than weep in those cells, more than endure suffering. You know that you’ve nurtured anger and then figured out how to let it go, if you’re lucky. You know that you’ve discovered ways to forgive yourself, often long before the people in the world knew your name. You know you spent more hours than you know figuring out how to apologize, and then even more hours afraid to do it. And sadly, you know the world holds that work in slight regard.
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Incarcerated Colorado women first to judge national book writing contest
Hear from Inside Literary Prize judge Shantel at La Vista Correctional Facility in Colorado and Freedom Reads Communications Manager Steven Parkhurst about the power of reading and books inside prison.
Poet Dwayne Betts reflects on Juneteenth
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On Death Row, Reading Taught Me To Fly
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California prisons’ new “Entry to Employment” program provides incarcerated individuals with support in finding jobs, connecting them with opportunities in the months before reentry.
