Rewriting Myths of Public Safety with Victoria Law
Victoria Law, author of Prison by Any Other Name and her most recent title, Prisons Make Us Safer, is interviewed about her work, who inspires her, and her motivations. When asked about public safety in regards to the US Prison system, Law responds, “If prisons kept us safe, then the U.S. should be the safest […]
Isolated Youth during Pandemic Lockdown
Throughout this article, you will hear personal stories from our countries’ youth who experienced incarceration during the pandemic lockdown. The article discusses the decline in judges delivering incarceration sentences and other causes and effects of our global health crisis. “We’re causing harm to the children, we’re traumatizing them. And the damage that we’re doing in […]
Death Penalty Abolished in Virginia
Virginia is on a path of course correction, being the first state in the South to repeal the death penalty. “The death penalty is the direct descendant of lynching. It is state-sponsored racism, and we have an opportunity to end this today,” – Democratic Del. Jay Jones Opponents of the death penalty cite the high […]
Big Win For Virginia!
Voting rights have been immediately restored to 69,000 Virginians under the Reforms Restoration of Rights Process. Anyone who has previously served time in prison for felonies will regain several civil rights upon release— including the right to vote. ” Too many of our laws were written during a time of open racism and discrimination, and […]
Trauma Healing Behind Bars
Josefin Wikstrom, PYP Program Director and Training Coordinator in Europe, is featured in an article from The Trauma Research Foundation discussing the benefits of offering yoga and mindfulness as healing and rehabilitation for people experiencing incarceration. Prison Yoga Project is a Therapeutic Alliance member of The Trauma Research Foundation. The article outlines the benefits of […]
The Convergence of Faith and Incarceration
Tariq MaQbool writes, ” All I have is the hope that one day I will be free. That hope is what gives me the strength to go through the degradation and futility of prison life. President Obama called it “the audacity of hope.” I know it simply as faith.” Currently serving a 150-year sentence in […]
San Diego County to make phone calls free for people in jail and juvenile detention
A unanimous victory in San Diego, sighting the importance of human connection. ” The San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to make phone calls in county-run jails and juvenile detention facilities free. Because a portion of the fees associated with those calls goes to the San Diego County Sheriff’s department for inmate […]
Freedom from the Inside – Book Release
AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE TODAY! Join us on March 8th, International Women’s Day, to celebrate the release of our new book, Freedom from the Inside: a Woman’s Yoga Practice Guide. We will be hosting a free webinar featuring the book’s authors Josefin Wikstrom and James Fox. They will discuss the unique situation incarcerated women face, their inspiration for […]