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Creating an affirming space for Black disabled people

Vilissa Thompson
digital collage on a dark purple background of a Black woman leaning forward in a wheelchair

As an incarcerated person, I feel connected to the people of Gaza

Carla J. Simmons
collage of a watermelon behind barbed wire

Rehabilitation resources in prison are crucial to breaking the cycle of intergenerational incarceration

Heather C. Jarvis
color digital collage on an orange background with a yellow sun and blue star hovering above a line illustration of a mother

Drug use in prison endangers rehabilitation efforts

Heather C. Jarvis
color photograph of a shelved wall of insect killing products at a store. the logo for prism reports is overlaid in the top l

‘Nice’ has no place in justice work

Mariane "Mare" Leon
color photograph of a Black man with his arms up at an outdoor protest against police

‘If my life is to matter, then mail must matter. Support must matter.’

Timothy James Young
'If my life is to matter, then mail must matter. Support must matter.'

LGBTQIA+ incarcerated people need protection and affirmation

Michael Ray
color photograph of a rainbow poster partially torn through the middle, exposing brick wall behind it

Lost and found: Finding therapy behind bars

Olethus Hill Jr.
Lost and found: Finding therapy behind bars

Adoption does not save us

Kimberly Rooney 高小荣
Adoption does not save us

How the pandemic affected incarcerated people and their loved ones

Aiyuba Thomas Tommaso Bardelli
How the pandemic affected incarcerated people and their loved ones

COVID-19 is delaying elective surgeries, and transgender patients are suffering

Orion Rodriguez
COVID-19 is delaying elective surgeries, and transgender patients are suffering

Joy in Black organizing and activist culture is not ‘unprofessional’

Tanya Wallace-Gobern
Joy in Black organizing and activist culture is not ‘unprofessional’