Twice in one week, familiar faces from inside prison appeared unexpectedly in the news—and reminded me how powerful it is when the outside world gets to see the person beyond the prison number.
Inspired by Teddy reading Theo of Golden aloud to his cellmate, Ai is introducing shared reading recommendations to help adopters and adoptees connect through stories — one of the few gifts that can still cross prison walls.
During our 2025 Volunteer Bee Fest weekend, Leah opened a piece of writing from Dortell Williams, an incarcerated writer in...