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Doing Restorative Justice Education from the inside Up

By Felix Rosado “I’ve been doing this [prison]thing here all my life. I did every program the DOC got, some of them two, three times. And...

Compassion

By Larry Stromberg and Eli Goodrich 2019 I was reminded of shared humanity, and this is no small thing when considering the pursuit of...

From Death Row to the Front Row

By Shawnfatee "Muhsin" Bridges December 7, 2019 After spending twenty years on death row, then being thrust into general population, I...

Something New

By Robert "Crusty" Lindsay December 7, 2019 I was invited to LCU groups every month for 12 years by the cofounder Phill, and in 2015 I...

Facilitating Piece/Peace

By Richard Gross February 1, 2020 I was facilitating a mini RJ workshop: four sessions on a weekend. We were in a different room than...

Comforting Surprise

By Richard Gross December 7, 2019 It was the first winter at Phoenix and I was facilitating a 10-week RJ Intro workshop. We met in the...

Waking Up

by Sophia Abraham-Raveson I am entering a room I have never been in before. The lighting is bright and harsh, and the eyes that I see...

The Rules

By Janice Lion I am listening to a narrow-faced man wearing wire-rimmed glasses and a stiff white buttoned-down shirt with a black and...

A Moment of Joy

by Bobbi Smisko I arrived at Phoenix Prison on November 29, 2018 at 5:30 pm to volunteer in my weekly restorative justice program. Once...

Afterglow

by Bobbi Smisko I walked down the ramp as I left the prison last evening, my walker rumbling before me on the uneven cement.. My fellow...

How Are You?

by Jennifer Guzzardi I am scattered. My mind is full, and my thoughts are spontaneous and temporary. I’m driving to SCI Phoenix. It’s...

Not Our Home

By Anne Dalke November 2, 2019 Halloween 2019. My entry has been easy tonight. I have finally found the right bra, one I can wear to get...

Sincerely

Richard Gross, “Sincerely,”Graterfriends: Insights from the Inside 48, 8 (2021), p. 25.

Prisonblind

Richard Gross, “Prisonblind” Graterfriends: Insights from the Inside 48, 8 (2021), p. 22.

Death By Incarceration: Cruel And Unusual

Richard Gross. Death By Incarceration: Cruel And Unusual. Pen America. September 9, 2019.

Can’t Breathe

Larry Stromberg, “Can’t Breathe,”Graterfriends: Insights from the Inside 48, 8 (2021), p. 23.

Penitentiary Theater

Larry Stromberg, “Penitentiary Theater,” Graterfriends: Insights from the Inside 48, 8 (2021), p. 17.

End of Harm Theater

Larry Stromberg, “End of Harm Theater,” Graterfriends: Insights from the Inside 48, 8 (2021), p. 4.

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