voices
National Poetry Month: Alexander Gallet
“Prisoner of Poetry”
art
9 posts in ‘art’
Essay
Hip Hop Is My Life
I spit bars on Death Row to preserve the legacy of our people, what’s been done to us, and how we’ve fought back.
voices
National Poetry Month: Brandon Callender
“Incarcerated Slavery” & “2 crack a smile”
voices
Ink from Honey
In the introduction to our National Poetry Month series, an incarcerated poet reflects on how writing is helping him reclaim the story of his life.
voices
National Poetry Month: Amos Don
“Don Haitian Monument” & “The Hunters”
campaigns
Beauty on the Inside
A look at how decarceral, abolitionist filmmaking can help us envision new worlds.
first person
Envisioning Futures
The art of knowing what we’re confronting and revealing who is being made invisible by the carceral state.
Essay
The Power of Fiction
More people impacted by the criminal legal system can and should share their stories through fiction—and through those stories change minds and public policy.
advocacy
The Art of Freedom
How two formerly incarcerated artists are creating a community for people like them—and exposing mass incarceration through it.