Elizabeth oral history interview, 2021 May 16 The interview included a discussion around the impacts of incarceration on Elizabeth’s family. She recounts how officers entered her home without a warrant. Elizabeth shares how local police racially profiled and followed her children for several years.
Debbie oral history interview, 2021 April 30 Debbie discussed the various ways in which the prisons in and around Waymart, PA, have intersected with her life. She is a staff member at the local Chamber of Commerce and helped organize local community members to prevent the state from closing down Read more…
Brandon oral history interview, 2021 April 30 Brandon has lived in Leavenworth, Kansas, almost his entire life. Leavenworth is home to a federal medium-security prison, a military prison, a state prison, and the Leavenworth County jail. Brandon said that the presence of these facilities is almost a “non-issue,” in that Read more…
Eric oral history interview, 2021 April 29 Eric discussed community health and individual health impacts of incarceration and policing in the neighborhood.
Tevin Fournette oral history interview, 2021 April 28 Tevin discussed the impacts of incarceration on the community and how detrimental the carceral system is to community health. Particularly, Tevin shared his insight into the ways in which the carceral system takes mothers and fathers out of the community. Children grow Read more…
Catia oral history interview, 2021 April 28 Catia talked about the intersection of race, ethnicity, mental health, and housing insecurity in the incarceration system in Massachusetts. She described how the momentum of keeping individuals incarcerated is a result of individual decisions made by people in power. She described this process Read more…
Anonymous (04) oral history interview, 2021 April 25 The interviewee discussed how the carceral system and income impact their vision of health. Folks in their community need health care, but a lack of money prevents them from receiving care. Health to the participant comprises a variety of components. Although health Read more…
Ayoola oral history interview, 2021 April 25 Ayoola works in a jail and does criminal justice advocacy. She spoke of working “on the front lines” of mass incarceration and “in the trenches.” Her interview addressed the lack of health care and the poor quality of existing health care within prisons. Read more…
Anonymous (03) oral history interview, 2021 April 24 In this interview, the interviewee discusses her contact with the criminal justice system as a young adult who had an incarcerated parent and worked at a public defender’s office, to now as a full-time lawyer and volunteer with Prisoner Visitation and Support. Read more…
Miguel oral history interview, 2021 April 23 Miguel describes the process he went through to become a prison visitor and how he develops relationships with the individuals he visits. As the only Spanish-speaking person in his group of visitors, he was able to have meaningful conversations with other men in Read more…