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Arizona Prisoner’s Annual Secret Santa Drive
Our dear friend Tricia in Arizona is looking for a little help to brighten the holidays for as many as 40 other prisoners. If you'd like to contribute a few bucks to this cause, just go to our Donate page and note that it's for the AZ Secret Santa Project. Hello...
Poetry From Prison – by Kurtis Williams
To the nonunscrupulous inmate, with a question about your fate, & whether you're alone? While pacing in that cell, within that prison hell, without friends or family or home. There is a rarity in life, born of heart not violence or knife, but by a leader or two, A...
A Warrior Mother’s Strength on the Prison Battlefield
Photo by Dustin Humes on Unsplash We received permission to share a response to a woman's question on Quora, after her 20-year old son received a 15 year prison sentence. "I don’t want him to feel depressed and give up. Is there anything I can do for him while he is...
We Have Names
Photo by tristan on Unsplash This morning we woke up to gun fire right outside our windows. We look out and there are targets posted in the yard shaped like humans. Officers from the tower were doing live fire target practice drills in our yard. In my whole time ever...
Summer Heat in Arizona Prison
Summer in many prisons can be unbearable, as very few have any temperature control or much ventilation, and staff do little to nothing to provide relief. Prisoners suffer heat-related illnesses, and sometimes death, every year. Temperatures inside a cell can be over...
Prisoner Hunger Strike in Arizona
From one of our contacts in an Arizona prison: My yard organized a peaceful protest to our neglect and mistreatment. For all the empty promises made and unfulfilled by the administration. For everything that they have taken from us over these last couple years since...