We read your letter at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit. I liked your ideas. Who do you suggest would be responsible for deciding which articles to include in the newsletter and editing it? Are there ways that people inside prison could be in control of the newsletter?
I work with a national newsletter called Prison Health News, and we are looking for more writers who are currently incarcerated. Your ideas are excellent, and I'm wondering if you would be willing to write for us about health issues at some point. We are looking for 3 types of articles:
1) basic health info about particular conditions like hep c, HIV, asthma, etc, what are the treatments, how to prevent it, etc.
2) how to successfully advocate for yourself and others to get the medical care and mental health care that you need
3) political campaigns that fight for change that will affect a lot of people in prison and their access to good health care or the improvement of their health more broadly.
Please write to me at
Prison Health News c/o Philadelphia FIGHT 1233 Locust Street, 5th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107
If you address your letter to me by name, I'll be sure to get it, otherwise someone who is staff there will respond to you.
I really appreciate you sharing you writing and art here. A lot of what you said really resonated with me and my experience. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. -J
Hi Jose, I'm reading your post here at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Michigan. Thank you for sharing your words with the public, they are powerful. It is a shame that people like yourself are stuck inside and not able to grow your skills and work to help the very youth you refer to in your letter. I think your comment about cutting out the pipeline from youth to adult incarceration is so important... when young people are presented with few paths it is no surprise that they should end up following one that is already so present in their lives (like prison). It will never be enough until this whole "justice" system is turned on its head but I will try to fight as hard as I can from the outside, and hope that you manage to maintain the strength and will to fight from the inside.
Hi Luis! I am at the Allied Media Conference in a workshop by Blogging between Bars. I just read your letter about the cost of phone calls in MA prisons. I live in Boston and work on prison justice issues. On July 19th there will be a public people's hearing on the high cost of phone calls in and out of MA prisons, which I'm excited to attend. Its been wonderful to be here in Detroit at the AMC to learn from others about this nationwide effort. Stories like yours are invaluable to the process of telling the truth to people on the outside who just don't understand (or take the time to care) about the struggles of people behind bars to connect to family, friends and resources. I'll keep you posted on the what happens at the hearing on July 19th. Hopefully your words will be able to be shared on the 19th too.
I'm a Wisconsin native (from Madison) currently living in Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Your post educated me. I had no idea that "truth in sentencing" means that there is no way for prisoners to obtain an early release. Thank you for writing about what's going on and your experience.
Hi, my friend Sarena and I are here at the Allied Media Conference at a workshop hosted by Between the Bars. We are learning about this organization, about the lack of communication resources for people who are incarcerated and the subsequent disconnect between people outside and people in prison. If you would like to write to me, I work at the Nation: 33 Irving Place, Eighth Floor, New York City 10003. Take care!
You brought up some really wonderful points about the prison system. I agree completely with you about the importance of media in educating communities. Thank you so much for expressing yourself it is incredibly enlightening.
Revolutionary Love from the AMC! Thank you for your wise words, the suggestions that you have are very good--we need to abolish the prison system in the US and come up with a better approach for our communities. We are up against a lot in terms of addressing the issues you mention and others--but we will win! All power to the people!
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We read your letter at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit. I liked your ideas. Who do you suggest would be responsible for deciding which articles to include in the newsletter and editing it? Are there ways that people inside prison could be in control of the newsletter?
I work with a national newsletter called Prison Health News, and we are looking for more writers who are currently incarcerated. Your ideas are excellent, and I'm wondering if you would be willing to write for us about health issues at some point. We are looking for 3 types of articles:
1) basic health info about particular conditions like hep c, HIV, asthma, etc, what are the treatments, how to prevent it, etc.
2) how to successfully advocate for yourself and others to get the medical care and mental health care that you need
3) political campaigns that fight for change that will affect a lot of people in prison and their access to good health care or the improvement of their health more broadly.
Please write to me at
Prison Health News
c/o Philadelphia FIGHT
1233 Locust Street, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107
If you address your letter to me by name, I'll be sure to get it, otherwise someone who is staff there will respond to you.
Keep up the fight, and take care.
In solidarity,
Suzy Subways
I'm reading your post here at the Allied Media Conference in Detroit, Michigan. Thank you for sharing your words with the public, they are powerful. It is a shame that people like yourself are stuck inside and not able to grow your skills and work to help the very youth you refer to in your letter. I think your comment about cutting out the pipeline from youth to adult incarceration is so important... when young people are presented with few paths it is no surprise that they should end up following one that is already so present in their lives (like prison). It will never be enough until this whole "justice" system is turned on its head but I will try to fight as hard as I can from the outside, and hope that you manage to maintain the strength and will to fight from the inside.
In solidarity,
Aaron
I am at the Allied Media Conference in a workshop by Blogging between Bars. I just read your letter about the cost of phone calls in MA prisons. I live in Boston and work on prison justice issues. On July 19th there will be a public people's hearing on the high cost of phone calls in and out of MA prisons, which I'm excited to attend. Its been wonderful to be here in Detroit at the AMC to learn from others about this nationwide effort. Stories like yours are invaluable to the process of telling the truth to people on the outside who just don't understand (or take the time to care) about the struggles of people behind bars to connect to family, friends and resources. I'll keep you posted on the what happens at the hearing on July 19th. Hopefully your words will be able to be shared on the 19th too.
Best,
Morrigan Phillips
I'm a Wisconsin native (from Madison) currently living in Louisiana, which has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Your post educated me. I had no idea that "truth in sentencing" means that there is no way for prisoners to obtain an early release.
Thank you for writing about what's going on and your experience.
All the best,
Zoe
33 Irving Place, Eighth Floor, New York City 10003. Take care!