PYP- AL Virtual Sessions, Grant Win, and Covid-19
Prison Yoga Project–Alabama (PYP-AL) was just nearing completion of its second round of 12-week yoga offerings at Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women when COVID-19 circumstances prevented program completion. At the time, we facilitated 3 general population classes and one class for Tutwiler staff. When PYP-AL visited Tutwiler for the last time in early March, neither […]
PYP-UK Wins Grant for Books for Incarcerated People
The Prison Yoga Project received some really good news this week. But, before getting to that, I think it’s important to provide some context. The incarcerated population that the PYP serves is largely a forgotten one – a truth accurately captured in Angela Davis’s words: “Prisons do not disappear social problems … they disappear human […]