I wrote this poem in 1981 or 1982. I wanted people to see that people had a life before they became incarcerated (some of us did anyway) and they lose something out of life from being incarcerated~that incarceration in and of itself is a painful form of punishment, without all the other things put on a person simply because they are locked up.

My son is facing 55 years in Iowa for non-violent crimes. He has Asperger Syndrome.

Commissioner Mignon Clyburn championed prison phone justice and won a historic vote at the Federal Communications Commission.

A new Coalition in Annapolis, preparing for 2015 General Assembly. We are partnership with a progressive group in Annapolis, Maryland Alliance for Justice Reform-MAJR, which is sponsoring criminal justice reform legislative for the Maryland General Assembly session. It has a impressive mix of organizations NAACP, ACLU, coming together for prison reform. This coalition is the best chance we've seen in a long time to accomplish something positive in criminal justice reform legislative in Maryland.

Arkansas Prison Reform Advocates prepare for the Special Legislative Session...

Join the Washington Prison Phone Justice Campaign to end the high cost of phone calls from prisons, jails and other detention centers in Washington!