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Less We Have, The More We Give
DeAngelo Betts
Same sad story, but it’s [unclear] my Mother Teresa. My mother. Ms. Almita Taylor, was laid to rest ?/25/25 due to Alzheimer’s disease. She was 72. I’m very grateful for the 49 years unconditional love… Full Transcript
Serve Out Plea
Karen Brown
I don’t know that there’s any appropriate apology for this, but I pray that the best apology I can give you is my behavior since that — since my tragic actions, I hope my behavior… Full Transcript
Everyone Should Be Thankful
Raymond Eugene Jenkins
Hi. This is Raymond Jenkins calling from Corcoran State Prison and today is November the 24th. It’s the Thanksgiving month. I know Thanksgiving is Thursday, so inmates and prisoners wanted to wish everybody a happy… Full Transcript
Facing The Prison Demons
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg, and my poem today is called “Facing the Prison Demons.” Facing The Prison Demons Every day, every night,The demons come and torment the incarcerated. The sounds, the noises.These demons come in… Full Transcript
Lame & Other Poems
Steven Nicholson
Hello everybody. It’s Steve Nicholson again. I’m here in Jackson, Michigan. I got three or four poems for you guys. These poems for my Prisoner Creative Arts Program, University of Michigan, Michigan poetry class, writing… Full Transcript
What Went Wrong
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg. Today’s poem is entitled, “What Went Wrong.” It’s from a prompt from our poetry class here at SCI Phoenix. The prompt was a sonic prompt, so… What went wrong? Wrong: twisted,… Full Transcript
A Tribute to Tina Marie Crawford
Jy’Aire Smith-Pennick
My name is Jy’Aire Smith-Pennick, and I’m currently being housed in SCI Chester. This is a tribute speech to Tina Marie Crawford. Today I would like to share a story about a remarkable woman by… Full Transcript
Discovering Forgiveness
Eddy Treadwell
Yes, hello, this is Mr. Eddie Treadwell, a prisoner in a Michigan correctional facility, Alger Correctional Facility that is. And I’m a prison reform activist who’s been working towards trying to create some form of… Full Transcript
Look Away
Spoon Jackson
Look away. It took a life sentence to show me how to love today, it took a life sentence to show me how to look away. Close your eyes if you don’t like the color… Full Transcript
Turning Point
Spoon Jackson
“Turning Point,” new poem for Meghan and Suzanna. I released the past, because forgiveness springs forward and hate falls back. I’ll never forget what I’d done, but I cannot go back and peel back the… Full Transcript
Margaret Kenny: Broken Trust
Heather Jarvis
Hello my name is Heather Jarvis. I’m calling from the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio. I sat down with Margaret Kenny, and it was probably the hardest of the interviews thus far. Her… Full Transcript
The Commutation Process
Omar Askia Ali
“The Commutation Process.” The Pennsylvania commonwealth spends 40,000 a year per incarcerated person. According to the Secretary of Corrections, John Wetzel, the aging population has led to increase in the Department of Corrections’ medical calls.… Full Transcript
Heal
Spoon Jackson
Heal. Like a heart that keeps giving, I must keep believing in the power of healing. Sometimes I grind down so hard on my teeth I crack them during the night. I must wear a… Full Transcript
Measured Justice
Terri Harper
This piece is called “Measured Justice: a [inaudible] chaotic financial, political, and social time.” It’s becoming quite clear that justice and revenge are perfectly compatible. Justice has, over centuries, been doled out by many hands… Full Transcript
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Terri Harper
This is Terri Harper from Muncy, and today’s piece is untitled. In this socioeconomic climate, many of us incarcerated women have had the, “I got to take care of me and mine” attitude. It has… Full Transcript
This is Karen. Today I want to talk about brokenness. I got to thinking about that word, and I realized that ownership of my wrongs led me to a brokenness that I can’t really describe… Full Transcript