Law Enforcement Officers and Trauma, a Public Health Crisis
I recently spoke with Sue Radcliffe, LCSW-C, a mental health therapist with the Dorchester County Health Department that also provides yoga to incarcerated people and…
San Diego County to make phone calls free for people in jail and juvenile detention
A unanimous victory in San Diego, sighting the importance of human connection. ” The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to make…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
“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.…
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…
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…
