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Living Life in ‘The Hole’

When the Washington State DOC’s former chief Bernard Warner describes solitary confinement, he doesn’t sugarcoat it. “I saw firsthand the conditions and environment in those housing units,” he tells TakePart.com. “It was pretty horrific.”

The Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that around 20 percent of prisoners have spent time in solitary confinement.  

By Emily Andrews
October 5, 2016
Colorado | Lance Lowry | Rick Raemisch | SHU | Solitary Confinement | takepart.com | Washington
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Of Dignity and Haircuts

Andre Lyons is a popular man at the Correctional Treatment Facility in Washington, DC. Once a month (or occasionally more frequently, if needed to calm rising tensions), Lyons enters the confinement unit, clippers in hand, to provide haircuts for the men in “the hole.”

By Steve Rempe
September 9, 2016
DC | Haircuts | Marshall Project | Washington
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Changing Perceptions: A Q&A on Second Chances

Former prisoner Will Avila had a dream to help others in the reentry community. Will founded Clean Decisions, a professional-grade cleaning company providing work for returning citizens. His dream became a reality for people like Carlos Tyler and Charles Binion, who both had the chance to meet Will shortly after leaving prison.

By Emily Andrews
September 6, 2016
Clean Decisions | DC | Washington | Will Avila
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The Missing Ingredient for Successful Reentry

“The only thing I’d ever graduated from was drug treatment. I had no training, no certifications in anything. What I did have was a very lengthy criminal history,” says Jessica Towers.

With six felonies and a scant professional résumé, Jessica wasn’t exactly set up for success as a jobseeker.

By Emily Andrews
July 22, 2016
DC | DC Central Kitchen | Jessica Towers | Louis Casey | Second Prison | Second Prison Project | Washington
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Becoming Strong in Broken Places

In 1992, Bryan Kelley was sentenced to life for murdering a man in a drug deal gone bad. As many in his situation have done, he spent time during his first few months in prison reflecting on his past decisions and regretting previous choices.

By Steve Rempe
June 9, 2016
DC | PEP | Prison Entrepreneurship Program | Vision Talks | Washington
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If …

If there was something someone could have said or done that would have changed the path that led you here, what would it have been?

The question is a simple one, yet full of profundity. It is nearly universal in application—who among us doesn’t have a past decision that we lament?  

By Steve Rempe
June 2, 2016
If Project | Kim Bogucki | Marshall Project | Renata Abramson | Seattle | Washington
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Inspired to Make a Difference

Every race has a finish line. But what happens when that line gets pushed farther out making it virtually unreachable?

That’s how it can feel for men and women entering society after completing their prison term. Though their “debt to society” has been paid, payday never ends since many former prisoners find themselves wading through a “second prison,” further locking them into a life with limited choices.

By Heidi Baumstark
June 1, 2016
Colorado | Colorado Springs | DC | Kelly Friedlander | La Vista Correctional Facility | National Community Church | Pueblo | Second Chances 5k | Second Prison Project | Washington
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Making Today’s Problems Tomorrow’s Success Stories

On May 25, mere steps from the Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC, Prison Fellowship announced the launch of the Faith and Justice Fellowship. The new bipartisan collaboration brings together a disparate group of policy makers from various faith traditions, united in a desire to promote restorative values in the criminal justice system.

By Steve Rempe
May 27, 2016
DC | Faith and Justice Fellowship | Lt. Governor Calley | Michigan | Representative Hultgren | Rob Hutton | Senator Lee | Washington | Wisconsin
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‘Restorative Radio’

For many family members of incarcerated men and women, the barriers to staying in contact with their loved ones behind bars can be tough to overcome.  Separated by long distances and inflexible schedules, these families ultimately lose touch with each other, depriving prisoners of the support and encouragement needed to make a break from past behavior and to successfully endure the time spent in prison.

By Steve Rempe
March 16, 2016
DC | Kentucky | Marshall Project | Red Onion | Restorative Radio | Virginia | Wallens Ridge | Washington | WMMT
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Uniting Against Addiction

On a cold and overcast October day, thousands of people gathered on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., to raise awareness about drug and alcohol abuse, and to help chart a course where those affected by addiction are treated as individuals in need of help, and not simply warehoused as criminals.

By Steve Rempe
October 7, 2015
Craig DeRoche | DC | Drugs | Recovery | UNITE to Face Addiction | Washington
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