Stigmas and Challenges
In this video, formerly incarcerated individuals share why society must change the conversation around newly released individuals.
Seeds of Change
We The People Opportunity Farm in Ypsilanti, Michigan, hires formerly incarcerated Americans for a nine-month internship. Not only do they grow vegetables like kale and tomatoes, but also opportunities for brighter futures.
The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr.Adverse Childhood Experiences
Step Inside the Circle, is a short film by the Compassion Prison Project. Here we see the ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) test visually represented by asking inmates to step inside the circle for each ACE that they experienced. Founder, Fritzi Horstman’s passion is to shift the paradigm of how we incarcerate, isolate and dehumanize the […]
Connecting Trauma & Incarceration
In this deeply touching film, Honor Yard, inmates discuss their childhood trauma, how it affected them, and lead to their acting out the trauma over and over again. Creating trauma-informed prison systems is so important to the success of inmates once they are released.
Reducing Recidivism and Transforming Lives
This inspirational TEDx Talk by Sabra Williams, talks about her work with inmates through the Actors’ Gang Prison Project, which she founded. In this Talk, Sabra shares her work with inmates from The California Institute for Men, The California Institute for Women, The California Rehabilitation Center and New Folsom Prison, illustrating the power of the […]