"We are so much more than our crimes. And the best way to make it possible for such youths to change their trajectory is to keep them out of an adult system that too often corrupts rather than rehabilitates." wapo.st/3xpWa8s

Irish parole board members: "The duration of an individual’s time in custody should not be dependent on whether a victim is vindictive or forgiving, resilient or weak."

Cost of CUNY v. Jail in NYC CUNY Tuition = $6,930/yr per student Riker’s Island = $472,000/yr per person

Wonderful!!

It’s Time for State Lawmakers to Reform NY’s Severe Parole System citylimits.org/2021/06/07/opi…

'Shakespeare gives people ideas, inspiration and hope. Prisoners aren’t going to get through their sentences without hope’. Francesca Cooney, Head of Policy, Prisoners’ Education Trust, speaking at Shakespeare Beyond Borders with our own Dr Rowan Mackenzie. @HMPHewellGov #sbba

Darren Raymond describes his route to Shakespeare - ‘I was looking for identity, love, belonging and then I saw the way that Shakespeare allowed these issues to be voiced by Othello’. Such a moving story about the founding of Intermission Youth #ShaxBBA Shakespeare Institute

The data is clear: We can better address violence by investing in community-based solutions rather than police and mass incarceration.

Please sign this petition to create access to educational opportunities for folx who are living on death row. This denial of access is unjust. change.org/p/north-caroli…

“Punishment” and “justice” are not synonyms. Our carceral system has brainwashed people into believing they’re paired together.

RTA alumna Dunasha Payne reads a poem by an RTA member at Bedford Hills - part of a new video series of poetry readings at various locations in Westchester. Thank you RTA teaching artist Pamela Hart, ArtsWestchester & Katonah Museum ! ow.ly/SfnS50FlV5F

I see a lot of posts about 'free' this person, 'free' that person. How about we free the scores of black and brown people locked up for years for petty drug possession and the like?

Tears and Joy as Rikers Island Resumes In-Person Visits thecity.nyc/2021/7/5/22561… via THE CITY

When I asked someone who was formerly incarcerated in Louisiana about what David Wade is like he said to "imagine a place so bad it’s a credible threat to guys at Angola."

"Because of stigma and misguided laws from the “tough-on-crime” era, job seekers with criminal records — no matter how old the offense — face numerous hurdles to being hired." washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/0…

"I feel a giant lump in my throat of suppressed desire and unspoken fury, of woman love and woman rage" A powerful account of what it feels like to have the basic human needs of sex and desire criminalised in prison. Read: ow.ly/W7r850HXsO4

Two years ago today, we performed in the multipurpose room at Moose Lake. On March 9th, we performed for families in the visiting room (shown here). Then everything shut down. #artsincorrections #secondchances

Around 290 federal prisoners have died from COVID-19 in two years, officials say — almost certainly an undercount. Despite the Federal Bureau of Prisons saying it has a plan to keep the virus in check, an NPR analysis suggests a far different story. trib.al/cYmcvi2

I was today years old when I learned that the phrase, "That takes the cake," comes from the Cake Walk, of whom Aida Overton Walker was the queen in the early 20th C.