Free Event with Give Back Yoga ft James Fox, Josefin Wikstrom, and Nikki Myers
We are excited to invite you to a free event called Unraveling the Connection Between Addiction and Incarceration, hosted by Give Back Yoga University. Our…
Author: Blaire Embrey
Ending 50 Years of Mass Incarceration: Urgent Reform Needed to Protect Future Generations
” Fifty years since the onset of mass incarceration, and despite recent downsizing of most state prison populations, the pace of decarceration is insufficient to…
Counting Down: Paths to a 20-year Maximum Prison Sentence with The Sentencing Project
The Sentencing Project released a new report, “Counting Down: Paths to a 20-Year Maximum Prison Sentence,” which examines opportunities to address the country’s high rates…
Trauma Research Foundation’s Book Club: The Body Keeps the Score
Let’s dive in as a community into this integral piece of research and literature that changed the world and our understanding of trauma. This is…
“Restorative Justice Can Create Safer, More Prosperous Communities”
Stacy Morrissey is a Rockford resident and a program director and facilitator for the Prison Yoga Project. Her work was shared in her local newspaper!…
Searching for Justice with James Fox and Special Guest, Phoeun You
Our guest this week on our webinar/podcast series is Phoeun You. Phoeun You is a Cambodian genocide survivor and refugee who grew up in Long Beach, CA. His family…
Why Yoga Journal has partnered with Prison Yoga Project!
What you can do to help ” Earlier this year, Yoga Journal‘s parent company, Outside, Inc., launched Find Your Good, an initiative intended to support underrepresented populations.…
What Could Have Kept Me Out of Prison
The Marshall Project Reporting and Research: We asked people behind bars what services and programs could have changed the course of their lives. Therapy, affordable…
At the Intersection of Justice and Climate Change
There’s more to say about the eminent effects of climate change than can fit in one paragraph. Below are two accounts of incarceration and abandonment…
Calling All Book Lovers! September Book Club Opportunities
Skill in Action: Book Club MeetingTuesday, September 27 4:00-6:00 pm PST We will gather to discuss themes and practices in Skill in Action by Michelle Cassandra Johnson in…