Browse Items (125 total)

Casey Phillips is a prison reform activist and the founder and president of Texas Prisons Air Conditioning Advocates. In her interview, Phillips speaks on her experience advocating for her incarcerated and chronically ill husband. Phillips describes…

Casey Phillips is the founder of the Texas Prisons Air Conditioning Advocacy group. In this follow-up to her 2020 interview, Casey discusses the conditions of her husband’s unit post-lockdown. Casey’s husband has late stage renal failure and…

A letter, photograph, and seven bars of soap and a cotton mask.

Christopher Dye's description of experiencing COVID-19 while incarcerated, sent to the Texas After Violence Project.

Cluren Williams is a 4th generation Austinite, author, and activist. In this interview, Cluren discusses the deep roots of racism and classism in the US and Austin, and how he got involved with community organizing and advocacy. He is particularly…

"The pandemic has changed a lot of things but won't change human nature."

"To work in a kitchen in prison is a worst nightmare."

"Note: Ingles is not my first language, so you'll find a bunch of mistakes but I would appreciate is someone could correct my work or just put it out like that."

David Johnson is an activist and community organizer in Austin, Texas. He currently serves as the Criminal Justice Organizer for Grassroots Leadership. In his interview, he discusses the impact of COVID-19 in prisons, specifically how prisons across…

An essay by Demetrice Crite

A poem by Demetrice Crite