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    Freedom from the Inside – Book Release

    AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE TODAY! Join us on March 8th, International Women’s Day, to celebrate the release of our new book, Freedom from the Inside: a Woman’s…

    Blaire February 26, 2021

    In the United States, more than 200,000 people are serving life sentences – one out of every seven in prison.

    In 2020, The Sentencing Project obtained official corrections data from all States and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to produce their 5th national census on…

    James February 22, 2021
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    Our Bodies Listen, Too

    A few years ago, I listened to an interview with Mahzarin Banaji, one of the creators of Harvard’s Implicit Association Test. She told a fascinating…

    Bill February 19, 2021
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    Join our “My Grandmother’s Hands” Book Club

    We’re excited about our Community membership website’s first Virtual Book Club offering. We’ll be reading and discussing My Grandmother’s Hands by trauma specialist Resmaa Menakem.…

    Nicole February 15, 2021

    Podcast: “How They See Us” from Hidden Brain

    I had never heard the term “stereotype threat” before but the concept makes perfect sense and helps me to better understand the impact of explicit…

    Bill February 13, 2021

    “The Cost of Calling My Mom From Prison”

    Here’s an interesting recent article from the New York Times by John J. Lennon, currently incarcerated at the Sullivan Correctional Facility in New York State.…

    Bill February 12, 2021

    Racial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Persist

    The Sentencing Project recently released a new report on youth incarceration. The findings are frustrating, but sadly not surprising: Black and American Indian youth are…

    Nicole February 8, 2021

    PYP- AL Virtual Sessions, Grant Win, and Covid-19

    Prison Yoga Project–Alabama (PYP-AL) was just nearing completion of its second round of 12-week yoga offerings at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women when COVID-19 circumstances…

    Susie October 26, 2020

    October Conference Appearances

    “We’re here to make the world’s embodied wisdom accessible to everyone. That’s what TEC is all about: changing the world, one body at a time.…

    Priscilla October 12, 2020

    PYP-UK Wins Grant for Books for Incarcerated People

    The Prison Yoga Project received some really good news this week.  But, before getting to that, I think it’s important to provide some context. The…

    Geoff October 10, 2020
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