Resources
Books to Read
Crossing the Yard: Thirty Years as a Prison Volunteer by Richard Shelton
Disguised as a Poem: My Years Teaching Poetry at San Quentin by Judith Tannenbaum
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Going Up the River: Travels in a Prison Nation by Joseph T. Hallinan
Organizations to Support
PEN American Center – Prison Writing Program
Articles to Read
"Now is the Time to Talk About What We Are Actually Talking About" By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"The First White President" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
"From Prison to Ph.D: The Redemption and Rejection of Michelle Jones" by Eli Hager
"Less is More" by Vincent Schiraldi and Michael P. Jacobson
"Hidden Costs: When Prison Labor Gets Upsold as Artisanal Kitsch" by Chelsea Hogue
"Video Chat Costs Inmates More Than Money" by Issie Lapowsky
“Rape in the American Prison” by Maurice Chammah
“Study: In Harris County, Poor Defendants Get More Time” by Emily DePrang
“Deaths in County Jails Raise Calls for Health Care Standards” by Brandi Grissom
“Solitary Confinement and Mental Illness in U.S. Prisons: A Challenge for Medical Ethics” by Jeffrey L. Metzner, MD and Jamie Fellner
“Hannah and Andrew” by Pamela Collof
Anything on Grits for Breakfast
Podcasts to Listen to
“Blame” by Radiolab
“Dr. Gilmer and Mr. Hyde” by This American Life
“No Place Like Home/Pariah” By Snap Judgement