Despite making up close to 5% of the global population, the U.S. has nearly 25% of the world's prison population 🤯

Big Issue giving us all a great read on how we can take prison reform lessons learned from around the world and apply it to our system in our own prison system. buff.ly/3yB56cx

The pay scale for prisoners in most penal labor programs is $0.12 to $0.40 per hour, along with up to 12-hour workdays.

Not enough human kindness exists in society today.

Changes start with a conversation.

Billboard released a powerful Op-Ed on Supporting Criminal Justice Reforms written by John Legend. Let's do this! buff.ly/3uFMqXD

People are on edge all the time now, not responding, just reacting to situations.

Sensory overload is a common experience for #ReturnedCitizens since society moves at a much faster pace now than it did 10-30 years ago.

Learn about how Meek Mill and Micheal Rubin's reform alliance is reshaping the prison reform movement. buff.ly/3AHSbrC

The California state prison system sends inmates back to the same prison, and usually back to the same exact cell that they stayed in originally. Some say that they leave the cells empty because they *know* you are coming back. This is needs to change.

Tautai Seumanu finally free after 26 years!

A key to ending the cycle of recidivism (reincarnation rates) is actually implementing the existing policies, but also improving the relationships among policy, implementation, and recidivism outcomes to move CA toward a more evidence-based criminal justice system.

Building a high-performing, successful nonprofit is never easy. Sustaining one is even harder, especially in the new "normal" of a complex and ambiguous world.

Inmates can participate in pre-release programs to avoid culture shock upon release. Problem is, the person delivering the information may not be as thorough as they could be.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is not living up to its promise to be a model for reform. Instead, it is a model for how not to run prisons.

Step up and demand justice for the thousands of people in California's prison system.

"When I came to prison, the latest phone was a mitsubishi flip phone….now I have a little computer in my pocket with a stylus. - Damon Cooke, co-founder of The Uncuffed Project

The worst of the worst are not incarcerated in a special facility or even isolated cells, but rather serve time in general population. The Warden and his staff cannot keep up with the brutality that occurs daily, yet no one is held accountable for these atrocities.

Justice is not just another word for what we got, but it's also about what we can do... For a better California, for a better world.

It's all about perspective and how you do things. How can someone in a prison mindset look at life differently when they're released? Changes start with a conversation, and we're here to initiate it.