Dear Friends, With the holiday season upon us, Lynn and I have been reflecting on the blessing we have been given of having each one of you in our lives. Together, we have risen from the ashes of loneliness and despair to form a great new community that is still in its infancy. Together, we…
Prisonist.org Fall/Winter ’18 Newsletter The First Confidential White Collar/Nonviolent Online Support Group in the Country Celebrates It’s 125th Meeting! Meets Online on Monday Evenings 7 ET, 6 CT, 5 MT, 4 PT This is a huge step in forming a community of individuals and families with white-collar and nonviolent incarceration issues. Our experience shows us…
Prisonist.org Fall/Winter ’18 Newsletter The First Confidential White Collar/Nonviolent Online Support Group in the Country Celebrates It’s 125th Meeting! Meets Online on Monday Evenings 7 ET, 6 CT, 5 MT, 4 PT This is a huge step in forming a community of individuals and families with white-collar and nonviolent incarceration issues. Our experience shows us…
Dear Reentry Santa Please let my Daddy come home soon. We miss him. We know he did something wrong but he has been good for years in prison. Mommy is always crying because she misses him too. Maybe you can help by getting him on an early release program. That way he can come home…
Reprinted from Waterbury Republican American, Nov. 14, 2018 WOODBURY – An ordained minister has joined the ranks of the Woodbury Volunteer Fire Department as the company’s staff chaplain who will bring spiritual support and guidance to emergency responders, department officials said. Chief Janet Morgan issued the Rev. Jeff Grant his fire department ID this month,…
Rise Up! By R.E. Searcher, Ghost Blogger & Member of Our White-Collar Support Group Rise Up! It’s a wonderful song from the “Hamilton” Broadway play. The lyrics “When you’re living on your knees, you rise up.” The song goes into this not being a moment, but a movement. Each day we rise up and…
We have served white-collar/nonviolent individuals, families and organizations in twenty-seven states, including: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. We typically communicate with these individuals and families before, during and…
I’d like to share a story of a complete stranger I met. He’s the guy I met for an interview for networking the day after I was arrested. The news didn’t hit all the papers yet so I decided to go meet with him anyways. He was very nice and gave some really great advice. …
I’d like to share a story of a complete stranger I met. He’s the guy I met for an interview for networking the day after I was arrested. The news didn’t hit all the papers yet so I decided to go meet with him anyways. He was very nice and gave some really great advice. …
Venezia “Venice” Michalsen likes to imagine a world without incarceration, or at the very least, a world where incarceration has been reduced in the United States—the world’s leading incarcerator. Michalsen is an associate professor of justice studies at Montclair State University in New Jersey who spends a lot of her days thinking about what such…