Valerie oral history interview, 2021 July 13 Valerie speaks about her experience as a visitor to prisons and a family member of incarcerated individuals. She speaks about the punitive nature of the prison system and how she hopes for reform.
Erica oral history interview, 2021 July 13 Erica Gerrity is the founder of the Minnesota Prison Doula Project, which assists incarcerated mothers in the childbirth process. She speaks about the abuses that incarcerated mothers face and how she wants to end prison births in America. Transcript
Victoria oral history interview, 2021 July 13 Victoria shares how her personal experience with the carceral system shapes her writing and activist work. She describes her publications about resistance and organizing in women’s prisons and how her research connected her to producing a zine written and illustrated by incarcerated women.
Mark oral history interview, 2021 July 13 Mark is a volunteer and local coordinator for Prisoner Visitation and Support (PVS) in Lexington, Kentucky. In this interview, Mark discusses his experiences with PVS, as well as how his volunteer work with the organization has affected his views of mass incarceration. From Read more…
Theodore oral history interview, 2021 July 12 Theodore shares his experiences working with Prison Visitation Services. He discusses his visits to federal prisons in New Jersey, including the nature of his conversations and relationships with the incarcerated individuals whom he meets there.
Haley oral history interview, 2021 July 12 Haley McKee discusses her transition from spending nineteen and a half months in incarceration and three years in home confinement to becoming a lobbyist and political organizer. She mentions how difficult it was to maintain her relationships with her former partner and son Read more…
Joe oral history interview, 2021 July 11 A formerly incarcerated individual describes how he served many years in federal prison because of a drug-related offense. He missed out on seeing his children grow up and now advocates for reform within the prison system. Transcript
Sharon oral history interview, 2021 July 09 The interviewee shares her experience with recovering from drug addiction and eventually becoming a substance abuse counselor for a non-profit organization.
Beth oral history interview, 2021 July 08 Beth spoke about the irony of the title ‘Justice System’ as people under said system are treated anything but justly. She elaborated on the tribulations of her brother’s imprisonment; from the initial shock of the harsh sentencing, to the pains of having a Read more…
Anonymous (06) oral history interview, 2021 June 18 The interviewee spoke on their experiences as a mental health provider in a reentry program that coordinates with a women’s prison. The participant reflects on how their clients’ sought a space to speak on mental health. The participant observed that incarcerated people Read more…