Interview with Kambri Crews, Pt. 2

Interview with Kambri Crews, Pt. 2

Kambri Crews is an author, comedian, and incarcerated rights advocate from East Texas. In this follow-up to her 2020 interview, Kambri discusses her father’s death in incarceration in 2020 and her battle with TDCJ. Kambri’s father passed shortly after her 2020 interview after being diagnosed with inoperable stage 4 lung cancer. Kambri spent the better part of 2020 and the years prior unabatingly requesting TDCJ to take better care of her father’s ailing health. Kambri’s community rallied around her when TDCJ would not release her father’s dental records, with enough pressure, TDCJ finally succumbed to her request. Kambri discusses the bureaucratic obstacles that prevent loved ones from accessing medical records and requesting medical help for those on the inside. Her father suffered from severe dental decay and severe health problems, in addition to being deaf, and was neglected at every level of the carceral system. Kambri hopes that by sharing her experience, she is able to continue to help and advocate for other families experiencing similar circumstances. This interview was recorded via Zoom on June 29th, 2021 with interviewer Bryn Starbird and narrator Kambri Crews.

Kambri Crews

Texas After Violence Project

June 29, 2021

Bryn Starbird, Casey Herz, Emily Henry

public -- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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