RECLAIM provides reintegration support that centers the mental, emotional, & relational health of individuals & families impacted by the criminal legal system.
Seattle,WA
Joined December 2012
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"My access to higher education came about from people that believed in me even when I had doubts about my own abilities. The confident faces tell it all. Those doubts have been defeated with a newfound sense of self-worth." - UBB Student #FreedomThroughEducation
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#AscendiumEP will have the opportunity to learn from grant partners like the @AllianceforHEP, @THEInitiativeTN, @HudsonLink, and @ubbseattle at #NCAN2023!
ALT Graphic with copy "Introducing Our Grant Partners at #NCAN2023" with logos of the Alliance for Higher Education in Prison, the Tennessee Higher Education in Prison Initiative, Hudson Link, and University Beyond Bars.
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I’ve spent the majority of my life incarcerated, but not even that prepared me for the horror & exploitation I saw on a recent trip to county jail. Thank you @nytopinion for publishing my piece & uplifting the voices of those most impacted by incarceration nyti.ms/3IeaaJl
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A group of us inside prison dreamed up the idea of bringing together formerly incarcerated people working in the community to heal the intergenerational trauma of incarceration and system actors. We believe we have a lot to learn from one another. Today that dream was a reality.
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What happened after the Washington State Reformatory in Monroe's closure illuminates the fragility of prison education. Access to #HigherEducation often comes down to a matter of geography — and luck. ow.ly/9jSa50LY6UK @szarlotka @CCYJ_WA #WAedu @TeamChild
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Here's my latest #CollegeInside newsletter for @opencampusmedia. Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at my reporting on the impact of the closure of the WA State Reformatory on @ubbseattle. #higheredinprison bit.ly/3FBZTpt
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Good morning. A reminder that mass incarceration has shortened the overall U.S. life expectancy.
prisonpolicy.org/blog/2017/0…
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That's a lot of people. Pretrial detention happens on a mass scale in the U.S. At least 5 million people go to jail every year. (Our jail incarceration rate alone is higher than the total incarceration rate of most countries.)
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"My college degree taught me that anything is possible when you show someone how to love themselves through accountability, vulnerability and education," @ChrisWBlackwell writes. trib.al/P7gK1Vr
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I'm starting a mentorship program for incarcerated writers. There are so many talented people who don't have the phone money, stamp money, or resources to buy thesaurus & dictionaries--so their voices don't get heard. We want to change that. Can you help? gofundme.com/f/amplify-the-v…
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Incarcerated for the first time at 12. Dropped out of school at 14. Today I have a byline in the @nytimes.
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Talked to a guy on my tier who was an organizer inside prison. Helped build programs, was part of the Black Prisoner's Caucus. Endless covid restrictions destroyed everything he built. Asked if he'll build again. He said not after seeing how easy & happily things were taken away.
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I found higher education in prison after dropping out of school at 14. It changed my entire life. So grateful for programs like @ubbseattle My latest for the @theprogressive
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Growing up I believed I was dumb. I dropped out at 14. Earning a college degree in prison taught me that anything is possible when you show someone how to love themselves, through accountability, vulnerability and education. My latest for @MarshallProj themarshallproject.org/2022/…
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In 2022, we are still a country that locks up half a million legally innocent people, every day. 2 out of 3 people in city- and county-run jails are there awaiting trial.
More in our new report Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie: prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie…
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NEW: We’ve just released the 2022 edition of Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie - the most comprehensive, up-to-date view of who is locked up in the U.S., where, and why: prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie…
This report shows huge drops in prison and jail populations. Why? Thread.
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Today at 3pm Pacific I'm giving a talk @WCUGradSocWork about navigating doing care work inside brutal unjust systems--relevant for social workers, teachers, poverty lawyers, health workers. wcupa.zoom.us/j/95035951748?…
ALT Purple and yellow flyer. Event title: Working for Justice Inside and Outside Unjust Systems. Event info: Feb 28, 2022 6pm-8pm ET. Event description: Many people committed to dismantling white supremacy, patriarchy, colonialism and capitalism are drawn to jobs inside systems that are deeply harming our communities. We want to go in and make a difference. When we are in those jobs, we encounter the many obstacles to change, the limits to individual interventions, and the complexities of collective organizing. In this talk, aimed at students who are contemplating jobs inside unjust systems, Dean Spade will examine lessons learned and complex dilemmas that entangle social movement tactics taken up by people working for transformative change while navigating existing structures.
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The Rise and Fall of Prison Education capitalbnews.org/pell-grants…
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Another New Year kicked off on lockdown. Every lockdown in prison means losing the few privileges that make incarceration more bearable. Visitation, educational programming, and recreation. Will this ever end? My latest @JewishCurrents
jewishcurrents.org/surviving…
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Here's a book rejection that we just received from a prison in Tennessee: "Malcolm X not allowed."
This is part of an insidious pattern of targeted bans by prisons against Black authors and against literature critiquing the prison system and power structures in this country.
