Two writers from my writers development program just got a piece in the Guardian. Really proud of Antoine Davis and Kevin Light-Roth theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

I'm excited to see our new mentor Kwaneta Harris and her mentees put out their first piece with the writers development program. Lots more to come from these brilliant women currently living in solitary in Texas. Deborah Zalesne theappeal.org/kwaneta-harris…

Marco is a currently incarcerated activist who has been resentenced and is about to be released. He will be deported back to Mexico upon his release. Please consider showing Marco support and helping ease his transition. gofundme.com/f/support-marc…

America’s unseen book bans: the long history of censorship in prisons | US book bans | The Guardian theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

When my mom was too poor to make the trip to visit me in prison it meant something to hold every holiday card she sent knowing she held it too. Today the prison banned cards and postcards. They make it so hard and humiliating to stay in touch. More and more isolation. For what?

Really excited and honored to have won Journalist of the Year!

The article I wrote for The Guardian on book banning in prison education programs caught the attention of Gov. Jay Inslee's office, and after folks from the governor's office met with DOC about what's been happening, the department is changing its policy on book banning. Mark

Check out this Juneteenth Zine written and produced by incarcerated folks throughout Washington State. flipsnack.com/FFC779DD75E/ju…

Don't miss this webinar about political organizing behind bars featuring ChristopherBlackwell!

NEW: for Mother Jones, ChristopherBlackwell and I for months, have been reporting on the continued impact COVID has had towards prison programming and the affects that it has had for incarcerated people. Check out our piece 👇: motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

My latest for Mother Jones motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

We haven’t had hand soap in the communal prison bathroom for a week. They’ve said it’s not their obligation to provide it. We’ve had wave after wave of illness spread through here all summer. Would be nice if they at minimum supported handwashing.

Nothing in prison is free. Not even soap. If you’re indigent, they ration slivers of soap (enough to wash your body, not enough to wash your hands) and put it on a tab you have to pay later. One generic state bar soap costs almost an hour of prison labor.

"Climate change is turning already miserable conditions inside of prisons into life-threatening ones." Prisons can't hold up against climate change. It's time for the US to decarcerate before it’s too late. Must-read from ChristopherBlackwell & Sarah Sax, MESc.👇 prismreports.org/2024/07/25/dec…

Hundreds of people die every year as a direct result of incompetence or indifference of medical care in prison. Thank you to the Everett Herald for publishing my article on this subject and elevating the issue. Everett Herald #medicalcareinprison #prison heraldnet.com/opinion/commen…

"In the Hole," a group memoir of solitary confinement by ChristopherBlackwell TheAbolitionChristian℠ Raymond M. Williams Jr. Antoine Davis and Jonathan Kirkpatrick, is a finalist for a Media for a Just Society Award for media by an incarcerated person! Revisit the piece: jewishcurrents.org/in-the-hole

The raven that comes to my prison cell window brought his baby today! I thought living in a windowless cell for so many years didn’t really impact me. But having this window and the birds brings me so much joy.

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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7+ years ago while sitting in solitary confinement, I wrote a book manuscript with golf pencils on bits of scrap paper. Now I've signed my first book contract for the manuscript that evolved from that first draft. Life is wild.