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URGENT: Help Eleazar Cabrera Safely Return to his Family
In a bold move on May 22, 2019, Washington state Governor Jay Inslee expanded an earlier executive order imposing provisions on state agencies, which immigration advocates argued didn't go far enough. The added provisions make it illegal under state law to comply with...
Retribution vs. Rehabilitation
What is the most effective approach to dealing with crime and punishment? Should the criminal justice system primarily be used to punish those who violate the law by sending them to prison for lengthy terms? Or should it rather serve as a mechanism for rehabilitation?...
Restorative Justice is Key to Rehabilitation
For a peek inside the Restorative Justice process, see CNN's original series The Redemption Project with Van Jones. For the first twelve years of my incarceration I was convinced I had done everything I could to atone for my crime â then I was proven wrong. Although...
My Husband Died in TDCJ
Cassandra tells her story below. Please share with anyone you know who has a loved one in TDCJ. â„ Â Send some love Cassandra's way in the comments. â„ GIVE YOURSELF THE CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE. [My experience happened in the Texas state prison system.] ASK YOUR LOVED ONE...
Brotherly Love: A Letter of Gratitude
Dear Twin Brother, I love you. I know you know that, but I feel it's important to explicitly reaffirm it from time to time. Where do I begin? I don't quite know, but there is so much in me that I want to express to you, so you'll know exactly what's in my heart....
Prison Party Politics
If you are the type of person who doesnât dwell on dreary details, you rarely consider prison unless it is to wish that an infamous cretin be sent there. Until I came to prison, I hardly thought anything of it. Bad people are stored in prisons until they achieve the...