JustUs: The Cost of a CallA simple request for a phone call from jail to protect a child is denied, and with that comes a story of a call for greater humanity in the…Jun 1, 2023Jun 1, 2023
JustUs: Count TimeThree to five times a day, corrections officers count the people imprisoned. An officer will yell out “count time” as they move through the…Jun 1, 2023Jun 1, 2023
JustUs: The Job InterviewA woman’s story of negotiating a job interview, knowing that the background check will reveal her criminal record. How far back should she…Jun 1, 2023Jun 1, 2023
JustUs: A Good Choice?One woman’s experience of the reentry industry and her intention to be at tables of leadership to challenge Jim Crow relics in the criminal…Jun 1, 2023Jun 1, 2023
JustUs: Circling the PodA woman’s experience of jail and her call for all of us to wake up from the lie that current carceral systems are places of rehabilitation.Jun 1, 2023Jun 1, 2023
JustUs: Poverty No MoreA woman’s story of resisting the false narrative that her criminal record is about her drug addiction and crime when her story is actually…Jun 1, 2023Jun 1, 2023
JustUs: ‘Trying to Live I Lost My Life’One man’s story of navigating life when surviving and thriving are at war with each other. A reflection on racism, poverty, and carceral…Jun 28, 2021Jun 28, 2021
JustUs: ‘Belly of the Beast’A man’s story of fighting to defend himself in prison, and a call for accountability from those who sent him to a place of physical and…Jun 28, 2021Jun 28, 2021
JustUs: ‘Don’t You Dare Lecture Me’The story of a young man trapped, in what he experiences as, the U.S. colosseum of racist justice and economic games of exploitation.Jun 16, 2021Jun 16, 2021
JustUs: ‘The Game’The criminal legal system claimed a young woman negotiating homelessness stole $62 on her birthday. But what did the criminal legal system…Jun 16, 2021Jun 16, 2021
