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Jon’s Jail Journal

hcdmedia — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:47:00 +0000

Shaun Attwood, a former inmate in Arizona’s prison system, writes under the pen name Jon. Sharing stories of his friends on the inside, his own experiences on the outside and campaigning against Sheriff Joe Arpaio.

Read all about Jon’s life and stories right here.

Prison Pete

hcdmedia — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:12:32 +0000

Here’s another interesting blog about an interesting inmate.

Prison Pete has been bounced around prisons all over the country. He currently resides in a New York Prison and has his trusty editor post his letters to the blog site. Although he doesn’t have internet, his editor is pretty up to date with the site. Pete also encourages people to write to him, pen pal style.

Here’s a sample:

Location, location, location. After spending almost three year of my incarceration moving around from one county jail to another, I spent over five years on top of a mountain in West Virginia at Club Fed. In the federal system the only thing you can have sent to you through the mail are books. That is it. Anything else you need or desire must be purchased through the commissary. And we are not talking about a wide selection of items, certainly no Wal-Mart or even a local bodega or 7-Eleven!

After completing my time at Club Fed, I was taken to spend another eleven to fifteen years in the glorious facilities of the New York State Department of Correctional Services.

One major difference between here and Club Fed is that you are allowed to receive packages. Now you might ask what this package thing means. Slide down into a comfortable chair and I will explain.”

Click to read on…

Blog Talk Radio – Loss and Reintegration

hcdmedia — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:19:23 +0000

The latest episode of Family Life Behind Bars on Blog Talk Radio deals with the difficulties of reintegrating into family life after coming out of a prison sentence. This is a complicated issue and Dr. Harland Kessaris approaches it with thoughtfulness and care. It is worth listening this podcast.

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Blog Talk Radio – Prison Nurseries Report

hcdmedia — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:51:04 +0000

Across the country women’s prisons have nursery programs. How are these programs run? funded? How often do the women prisoners get to spend time with their children?

Listen to this Blog Talk Radio interview with Chandra Villanueva, a Policy Associate at the Women’s Prison Association (WPA) and author of WPA’s new report on prison nursery programs. This radio show also interviews Tina Reynolds, founder of Women on the Rise Telling HerStory (WORTH), an association of women who have been empowered by personal experiences to advocate for policy changes that create barriers for women and their families during and after incarceration.

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