The Art of Future’s Thinking: Building Tomorrow’s Readiness Today
The Art of Future’s Thinking: Building Tomorrow’s Readiness Today We just wrapped up our first live community event with guest speakers from the Institute for the Future (IFTF). It’s about being able to anticipate change, envision what’s possible, and actually do something about it.Why Most of Us Get the Future WrongMost of us plan like […]
How Gen Z’s Truth-Seeking Is Reshaping the Courtroom
How Gen Z’s Truth-Seeking Is Reshaping the Courtroom I was doing research for our upcoming community live event. It seemed pretty straight forward on the surface, but it got interesting quickly. Comparing the view of truth telling from sections of the legal landscape showed significant distinctions between cultures. As Generation Z enters jury boxes and […]
My First Letter From An Inmate
My First Letter From An Inmate Usually you will find me writing each week for the last few months about the criminal case that I endured many years ago. Today, I am writing because I reached out to an inmate a couple of weeks ago and he wrote me back. I shouldn’t be surprised that […]
RL’s Story
Prisoner name is “RL”. “I am a 52 year old man that has been drawing since childhood. My first real attempt at something significant was at the age of around seven years old, which was of my father who had recently passed away. I loved my daddy and wanted to do the best that I […]
Prison Stories: Kyle
Prison Culture When I was living my life on the outside, coming to prison was the furthest thing on my mind, even though I was living a life that would inevitably lead to my incarceration. And the one aspect that would have helped me transition and better acclimate to prison is a basic understanding of […]
Where North Carolina Stands on Reforms proposed by the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity and Justice
Where North Carolina Stands on Reforms proposed by the North Carolina Task Force for Racial Equity and Justice Late last year, partly in response to the protests that rocked the nation after the murder of George Floyd, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed a sweeping criminal justice reform bill that was passed with bipartisan support. […]
Prisoner Reintegration: Lessons From Norway
Reentry to Society Is Primary Goal of Norwegian Prisons, Not Punishment Bastoy Island is just like any other small Norwegian village. It is filled with fishermen along its coasts, who go out in the morning hoping for a good day’s catch. Along with its well-maintained greenery, the island is a beautiful environment and lush space […]
Prisoner Education Offers a Way Out
Education for Inmates Has Major Cost-Saving Benefits for Society Before imprisonment, Martin spent most of his time working for a small, marginal family-run grocery store. The need to do his part in supporting the family unit prevented him from going to high school. At the age of 19, Martin was barely literate and in prison […]
Fiscal Mismanagement, Natural Disasters Push Puerto Rico’s Prison System to the Brink
Puerto Rican Debt Crisis Impacts Basic Services and Living Conditions for Inmates In this article, we shine a spotlight on how decades of fiscal mismanagement by Puerto Rico’s government, and a pair of devastating natural disasters in Hurricanes Irma and Maria have pushed the island’s prison system to the brink of collapse. Seven years later, […]
The Fight to Stop Solitary Confinement in Connecticut
Solitary Confinement Deemed Form of Torture, Leaves Permanent Psychological Scars Solitary confinement, also known as “the hole” or “administrative segregation,” involves isolating prisoners in tiny cells for up to 23 hours a day, often for weeks, months, or even years on end. Often less than 1/4 the size of a typical college dorm room, inmates […]