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“The Struggle” – A Short Play
Hi, my name is Larry Stromberg, and I’m going to perform my short play called “The Struggle”. Speaker:I struggle every day with mood swings, emotional, mental health, depression. I’ve been diagnosed bipolar. Rejection could set… Full Transcript
Hope
Hope for most of us stretches millions and millions of miles away. We become trapped inside a closed cell of fear and guilt, a bitter solitude. Hope is that thing where you can picture it’s… Full Transcript
Leave Faith In Our Eyes
This is Minnesota inmate number 210006: Izell Robinson, an innocent man confined within the quadrilaterals of systemic injustice, fighting to be heard. And in order to do that, I need you the listeners, to hear… Full Transcript
Being Open to Feedback
This is Dallas Britt, 225132 at Minnesota Correctional Facility Rush City, Rush City, Minnesota 7600-525 Street, 55069. This is called “Being Open-Minded to Feedback From Anyone.” Lessons in corrections can come from many different people… Full Transcript
Heather Koon: Fate In The Hand of Strangers
My name is Heather Jarvis, and I’m calling from the Ohio Reformatory for Women in Marysville, Ohio. I sat down with Heather Koon on a brisk morning by the bars crossed on the window. Inevitably,… Full Transcript

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