Interview with Kirsten Ricketts

Interview with Kirsten Ricketts

Kirsten Ricketts is an incarcerated rights advocate with a loved one on the inside. As a formerly incarcerated person herself, she deeply understands the abuse and injustices that incarcerated people face on the inside and in the free world. Using her previous experience, Kirsten created a transitional living facility for recently freed women where she helps them gain job experience all the while providing a safe space for them to re-enter society. In this interview, Kirsten speaks on her own personal calling to continue to advocate for just treatment inside Texas prisons, especially in the wake of COVID-19. Additionally, she speaks about her husband’s and her own experience in Texas prisons and the challenges she has faced with recidivism and the struggle to re-enter society. Kirsten finds hope in her Christian faith and working in prison ministries and urges free people to know and understand the injustices that incarcerated people face everyday. This interview was conducted on July 16, 2020 by interviewer Murphy Anne Carter and narrator Kirsten Ricketts.

Kirsten Ricketts

Texas After Violence Project

July 16, 2020

Murphy Anne Carter, Casey Herz, Emily Henry

public -- CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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