Sean Washington describes his upbringing and the details of his wrongful conviction. He highlights the abuse he faced in prison, his work as a jailhouse lawyer, and the difficulties he has faced after his exoneration. He also notes his attempts to hold prosecutors accountable.

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Juan Turbidez discusses how his lack of resources growing up led to this arrests, his experience with court fees and plea deals, his time working and getting his GED in prison, and his reentry afterwards.

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Gilbert Sepulveda describes his early gang related struggles that landed him in and out of prison. He then describes how Project Kinship’s re-entry support has helped him to stay sober and out of prison.

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Angel Rodriguez details his experiences as a former attorney and as a founding member of the non-profit Avenues for Justice. He describes his passion for supporting at-risk youth in New York City.

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Amy G. Remensnyder discusses her experience teaching incarcerated students including how she began that path, and how teaching at the correctional department differs from teaching at Brown University.

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Austin Jackson shares his experiences teaching and developing mentorship programs in a Michigan men’s correctional facility. An expert in rhetoric and critical race studies, he also offers perspective on how incarceration is represented by journalists and in popular media.

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Tyson Ferrara describes the minor offense that led to his incarceration, educating himself in federal and state prison, being stabbed while incarcerated, being released at the onset of COVID-19, and dealing with trauma during his reentry.

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Mandi Brady describes her struggles as a single mother with an incarcerated husband, her personal struggles with trying to bring her husband home after he finished his sentence but is still being held through involuntary civil commitment, and the stigma around incarceration

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John Avarista describes how early life struggles with mental health and addiction landed him in and out of prison, where he continued to suffer with both mental and physical health treatment. He describes the long term mental effects of incarceration and how they impact societal re-entry.

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The speaker tells their life story through the lens of incarceration. They describe their parents’ experiences in jail for crimes of poverty, their mother’s time in jail because of drug dealing, and the impact that police failure had on their childhood. Later, the speaker speaks about their own struggle with addiction and incarceration, linking the system’s failures to their experience and ending with a hopeful story of turning their life around and pursuing education at an elite university.

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