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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.

"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 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…

An essay by Demetrice Crite

A poem by Demetrice Crite

Photo of Donald Leroy Brown

Portrait drawing of Denise Nagrodski

Portrait drawing of Layfierre R. Mitchell by EJ Joyner. Layfierre Rodeiquez Mitchell, or “La La” as he was known by his loved ones, was a gentle giant, at 6-foot-4-inches tall. Layfierre died on April 17, at a hospital in Owensboro, Kentucky, nine…