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Interview with Kirsten Ricketts, Part Two
Kirsten Ricketts is an activist who runs an organization that helps individuals who have been recently released from prison. Kirsten herself is formerly incarcerated and understands the reentry process firsthand. Her husband is also currently…
"Problems at Polunsky"
"This is a informative essay/Public Service Announcement/cry for help regard the issues of COVID era Polunsky Unit and how to fix the trapped cooped up in the cell prolem."
"Helpless During a Pandemic"
"I would like people to know what we are going through during a pandemic while incarcerated."
Interview with David Johnson
David Johnson is an activist and community organizer in Austin, Texas. He is the Criminal Justice Organizer for Grassroots Leadership, He says in his interview, "I want to see things like people saying no one needs to go to prison for life. No one…
Interview with Margarita Luna
Maggie Luna is a graduate of Anthony Graves Smart Justice Speakers Bureau at Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. During Texas’ 2019 legislative session she participated as part of the Women’s Legislative Team, which…
Interview with Lauren Byrd Moreno, Part Two
Lauren Byrd-Moreno is an activist with a loved one currently incarcerated. As a co-planner for a rally to bring attention to TCDJ conditions, she believes that the robust response and recent activism shows that, "The majority of the population is…
Interview with Lauren Byrd-Moreno
Lauren Byrd-Moreno is an activist with a loved one currently incarcerated. As a co-planner for a rally to bring attention to TCDJ conditions, she believes that the robust response and recent activism shows that, "The majority of the population is…
Interview with Lori Mellinger
Lori Mellinger is a formerly incarcerated advocate helping provide support for women recently released from prison.
Interview with Natalie Porteous
Natlie Porteous describes her fiance's experience contracting COVID while incarcerated in a medical unit. She discusses both his struggles to get proper treatment and his advocacy for other's inside.
Interview with Sean Oliver
Sean was released this past April in the midst of the pandemic after 27 years of incarceration. He shares insight from his experience and how he sustains his advocacy and ministerial work initiated during his incarceration.