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Voices from Within the Federal Bureau of Prisons: A System Designed to Silence and Dehumanize

The conditions in federal prisons are inhumane, deprive incarcerated persons of basic human rights, do not rehabilitate and are harmful to public safety. But don’t take our word for it. Hear directly from the people inside.

Then, we need to have a national conversation about the purpose of incarceration and our values as humans and a society.

Martyr for Change, and Other Stories About Democracy Behind Bars

Ty is wasting away his life in prison when his sister convinces him that exercising his new right to vote while incarcerated is worth doing…AND to convince all his peers to do the same. But some of the other men aren’t so sold on it, and then a drama ensues. Read this suspenseful urban tale, as well as other essays and poems on what civic life means for people behind the wall.