For ChristopherBlackwell, art became "more than a prison hustle." "It was a way to reconnect with the traditions I was raised within, a window into a world outside of prison." Read his latest column in today's newsletter: theappeal.org/making-art-in-…

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Oklahoma recently passed a law mandating reduced sentences for survivors of domestic violence who prove their crimes were related to the abuse The Tulsa County DA's office drafted a form that would require people to waive those rights to get a plea deal huffpost.com/entry/tulsa-co…

'Mississippi Five' parole issues highlight the toll of 'graying' in Gulf South prisons (via New Orleans Public Radio) wwno.org/latest-news/20…

🏆 Congrats to our Executive Director ChristopherBlackwell and our Director of Inside Organizing Antoine Davis along with TheAbolitionChristian℠, Antoine Davis, Raymond M. Williams Jr., Jonathan Kirkpatrick, and Hector Ortiz for winning the 2024 Evident Change for a Just Society Award. 🫂 All the

📰 Why The “Mississippi Five” Deserve Parole After 40 Years In Prison by ChristopherBlackwell and Loretta Pierce 📰 The Mississippi Five are the last remaining women in Mississippi sentenced to life without the possibility of parole after ten years before the state virtually

📋 Check out our 2024 Annual Policy Survey Results! 📋 We sent out paper surveys to about 20% of WA’s currently incarcerated population to get feedback on how sentencing reform efforts impact them directly. Check out some of the takeaways and priorities they shared with us!

🌎 Welcome to our new reel series Look2Justice In Community! 🗣️ At Look2Justice we believe in being IN COMMUNITY, both inside and outside of prison walls. Our work is led by leaders inside in concert with outside organizers. These reels are the little snippets of what all our

Prison: Day 6,528 Don't miss my three NEW weekly podcast segments, starting November 04th. Mondays: Letter's From Prison, where prisoners describe life behind the razor wire. Wednesdays: Justice Warriors, featuring community leaders working to make a difference in the carceral

📢 We are proud to launch the Safer Prisons. Safer Communities. campaign in collaboration with One Voice United. We’re urging action to address the crisis in our nation’s prisons driven by understaffing and poor conditions. For more information about the campaign, please click on the video.

As part of ChristopherBlackwell's "Letter to My Teenage Self" project, Hector Ortiz writes and reflects on the subject for Narratively: narratively.com/p/letter-to-my…

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💚 Check out Look2Justice Executive Director ChristopherBlackwell newest piece featured in the New York Times. 💚 “We should look at regret, and let it be our teacher. But some of the people who most need its lessons are the ones least able to find the time and space to absorb

📖 Join the book launch for “Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement” by @christopherwblackwell , hosted by @jewishcurrentsmag and co-sponsored by CUNY School of Law Abolitionist Law Organization. 🗣️ Join the conversation with fellow advocates working to end solitary

New episode of Paternal features a conversation with journalist and Look2Justice co-founder ChristopherBlackwell, discussing misperceptions about the lives of inmates and how a prison heal circle can help incarcerated men. I love this one. LISTEN: bit.ly/3GpjYCd

📰 Look2Justice Director of Inside Organizing Antoine Davis and ED Chris Blackwell penned this piece about the failures of programs created to scare children into from causing harm. 🔗 Read the article and learn more, link in bio! #chrisblackwell #antoinedavis #look2justice

📰 The Appeal: “Strip Searches Have a Racist, Dehumanizing Legacy” 📰 Our Incarcerated Director Chris Blackwell alongside investigative journalist Sarah Sax explores how strip searches in U.S. prisons are rooted in racial oppression and continue to inflict trauma and