In Wisconsin, Black women are overrepresented in the criminal justice system. They make up just 6 percent of the state’s population but 21 percent of women in our correctional system. In this episode, Angela Fitzgerald talks with Carmella Glenn, coordinator of JustDane’s “Just Bakery.” They discuss issues facing Black women leaving incarceration, roadblocks, and solutions […]
Host and Producer Angela Fitzgerald speaks to Rudy Bankston, a survivor of the school-to-prison pipeline. They discuss how education gaps and strict disciplinary policies in schools can lead to the suspension, expulsion and incarceration of Black students.
In this video, formerly incarcerated individuals share why society must change the conversation around newly released individuals.
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.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
