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I’m Worth Saving
Karen Brown
A friend sent me a story the other day about a favorite breed of dog of mine. It’s the Jack Russell. He was being rescued. He had 11 fractures. He was scared, and most people… Full Transcript
Brokenness
Karen Brown
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
The Real Second Chances of My Life
Karen Brown
Growth and change are painful, but it’s painful being told you’re going to die here after working so hard for that second chance. Last year, Governor Beshear signed a proclamation for April to be the… Full Transcript
I’ve Taken Off My Mask
Karen Brown
Today I’d like to read short prose that I wrote and then kind of explain where that comes from. Title is, “I’ve Taken Off My Mask.” I’ve taken off my mask so I can see… Full Transcript
Words or Actions
Karen Brown
Today, I want to tell you that I’m joyous and celebrating. It might seem strange for somebody that received death by incarceration from a parole board, but a young woman in her 20s with stage… Full Transcript
40th Anniversary
Karen Brown
Today I’d like to share that on February the 8th, I’ll be incarcerated 40 years. I grew up from the age 21 to soon-to-be 62. That number 40 is weighing on me pretty heavy because… Full Transcript
Response to State of the Common Wealth
Karen Brown
I’m coming to you today, an inmate in the Kentucky prison system – 39 years, 11 months, and one day. Most here were not interested in our Governor’s State of the Commonwealth address last night,… Full Transcript
Inside Looking Out
Karen Brown
I’m on the inside looking out, watching life pass by. Dying in a prison cell, asking myself why. Young, dumb, drugs, manipulated.Wound up in this place. Family, friends, sit at home, tears upon their face.… Full Transcript
It’s Not Over
Larry Stromberg
It’s Larry Stromberg, SCI Phoenix in Pennsylvania. This is my poem “It’s not over.” It’s not over. Know what has happened, Where you’ve been, What you’ve done. It’s not over. Whether having addictive parents, Abusive… Full Transcript
2 Months, 6 Days
Karen Brown
Two months and six days. That’s all it took to decide the course of my life. It was that brief span of time, the amount of time that I knew my co defendants, that has… Full Transcript
The Ringing
Larry Stromberg
This is Larry Stromberg, I’m going to be doing my new poem called “The Ringing.” And the poem deals with the aspects of trying to forgive yourself, even with having a long-term incarceration sentence. So, “The… Full Transcript
Prison Shell Shock
Larry Stromberg
Larry Stromberg, from SCI Phoenix, and I’m going to perform, read my poem called “Prison Shell Shock.” Prison Shell Shock Guilty and broken, Freezing trauma. I’ve been locked away for decades. Some say I deserve… Full Transcript
CDCR Judging Prisoners
Raymond Eugene Jenkins
Hi, this is Mr. Jenkins from Corcoran State Prison. Today my topic is CDCR “Judging Prisoners,” and what I mean on that is a topic that in the prison system, we have what they call… Full Transcript
COVID at Rush City Minnesota
Izell Robinson
I am Izell Robinson, Minnesota inmate #210006. Sadly, in the Minnesota correctional facility, Rush City, where I’m confined, we have been subjected to a rise of COVID-positive cases. This has come as a surprise to… Full Transcript
Second Chances
William A. Noguera
This is William A. Noguera calling from San Quentin’s Death Row. This piece is entitled “Second Chances.” By today’s standards based on science, a teenager’s brain’s underdeveloped. That teenager is prone to emotional outbursts. It’s… Full Transcript
Dear State of Ohio
Heather Jarvis
My name is Heather Jarvis. I’m calling from Marysville, Ohio at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. This is called “Dear State of Ohio.” Dear state of Ohio, everything inside me wants to scream, cry and… Full Transcript
I Ain’t Luna the Dog but I am Human
Dontie Mitchell
Ujamaa. Ujamaa. This is Dontie S. Mitchell, better known as Mfalme Sikivu, were reporting to you from Great Meadow Correctional Facility in Comstock, New York. Back in November, a big story broke out on the… Full Transcript
LWOP: Life Without Parole
Asar Imhotep Amen
My name is Troy Thomas. I’m calling from Lancaster, California. You have a lot of people in California, I think, like 4500 or so that are doing LWOP, and our state has given up on… Full Transcript
Real thoughts to consider. Looking back at my 26 years of incarceration, I would not have ever thought that I would have a minimum at all. Due to the ruling in Miller v. Alabama it… Full Transcript