Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut Voices From Within: Voices From Sing Sing Among the incredible things that we saw at TEDx SingSing on Weds., Dec. 3, 2014 was the world premiere of this amazing video responding to gun violence head on. Produced by Dan Slepian of Dateline NBC, it stars…
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut Understanding and Explaining Depression By Orla Kelly – Guest Blogger As someone who suffers from bipolar disorder and addiction to prescription narcotics (12 years sober last August), and a suicide attempt survivor, I am seeking out voices on these subjects that could offer guidance to…
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut TEDx SingSing by Sean Pica – Guest Blogger We first met Sean Pica, and the wonderful students & graduates of Hudson Link, when they spoke for us at Union Theological Seminary. In their honor, we hosted a panel on Religion and Prison, a showing of…
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut Material Freedom vs. Spiritual Freedom By Pandit Dasa – Guest Blogger We invited our friend Gadadhara Pandit Dasa, the Interfaith Chaplain of my alma mater, Union Theological Seminary, to write a guest blog for prisonist.org. A prolific speaker (TEDx, PBS, NPR) and blogger (Huffington Post),…
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut Big Time: American Justice Summit, JustLeadershipUSA & TEDx SingSing New York By Jeff Grant The stars are aligning for the advancement of criminal justice in this country. It is not surprising that the light seems to be shining on New York, and spreading out to…
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut Big Time: American Justice Summit, JustLeadershipUSA & TEDx SingSing New York By Jeff Grant The stars are aligning for the advancement of criminal justice in this country. It is not surprising that the light seems to be shining on New York, and spreading out to…
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut JustLeadershipUSA By Glenn E. Martin – Guest Blogger JustLeadershipUSA’s big launch and benefit is coming up on Weds., Nov. 12th in NYC. We asked our friend Glenn E. Martin – its leader and visionary – if he would contribute something special to prisonist.org. He did not disappoint. – Jeff…
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut Are Victims’ Rights and Prisoner Redemption Compatible? By Brian E. Moran, Esq. As I travel across Connecticut advocating in favor of right-sizing our prison system, I have encountered audience members who question what prison reform will do for victims. I am quick to point out that…
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut Are Victims’ Rights and Prisoner Redemption Compatible? By Brian E. Moran, Esq. As I travel across Connecticut advocating in favor of right-sizing our prison system, I have encountered audience members who question what prison reform will do for victims. I am quick to point out that…
Progressive Prison Project Innocent Spouse & Children Project Greenwich, Connecticut The Justice Imperative Book Review By KamWilliams The Justice Imperative: How Hyper-Incarceration Has Hijacked the American Dream by Brian E. Moran, Esq. Significance Press Paperback, $9.99 186 pages, Illustrated ISBN: 978-0-9886509-7-8 Book Review by Kam Williams “Our criminal justice system is in…