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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…

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…

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…

Linda Louden is an activist whose son has been incarcerated in Texas for seven years. Linda speaks of the conditions her son is facing on the inside -- and retaliation that has resulted from her advocacy work to bring light to those conditions. Linda…

Lori Mellinger is a formerly incarcerated advocate helping provide support for women recently released from prison.

Lovinah Igbani is an activist and student of social work. As someone who is formerly incarcerated and currently has a loved one in prison, Lovinah works to organize rallies with the hope of heightening public awareness of TCDJ conditions in light of…

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…

Marina Roberts is a public-school teacher, union member, and community organizer living and working in Austin, Texas. During her interview, Marina discusses her work advocating for housing rights in Austin, Texas, specifically her campaign work to…

Maurice Chammah is a staff writer for the Marshall Project and the author of "Let the Lord Sort Them: The Rise and Fall of the Death Penalty," which won the 2019 J. Anthony Lukas Work-In-Progress Book Award. He has extensively covered the Covid-19…

Micaela Rodriguez is a second-year student of social work and activist. She shares her personal experience with the criminal justice system, academic understandings of the carceral state, and hopes for continued advocacy, saying that, "I just try to…