
Inside Knowledge: California’s Largest Community College Honor Society Chapter Is Populated by Incarcerated Student Achievers
Ten years ago, none of California’s community colleges were offering in-person classroom learning experiences for any of...... Read more.

Pioneering Post-Secondary Educational Opportunities Behind the Wall
CSU Fresno Graduates First Incarcerated BA Degree Cohort at Valley State Prison Propelling Learners Into CSU Dominguez...... Read more.

She’s Someone’s Daughter: How AOC Created a Domestic Violence Teachable Moment Exercise for Imprisoned Men Attending a Poetry WorkshopÂ
Though most indicators of violent crime in California have recently trended downward, intimate partner violence is on...... Read more.

Culpability: Examining the Moral Hazard of Excusing Criminal Conduct on Slavery, Mass Incarceration and Structural White Supremacy
Understanding how the founding of the United States was built by the exploitation of the world’s migrating...... Read more.

Prison Politics: Incarcerated Black College Students Hailing from Traditionally Democratic Households Remain Critical of Kamala Harris
Four years ago, after Donald Trump debated Joe Biden, we convened a group of ten Black imprisoned...... Read more.

The Warden, His Slaver Business Partner, and the Kidnapped Inmates: Revisiting San Quentin Prison’s Racist Beginnings
California’s racist carceral roots run deep. In his State of the State message delivered in 1851, California’s...... Read more.

The EBSCO Dairies, Part One: Imprisoned College Students In California Discuss…
How The Digital Search Tool Allows Them To Critically Evaluate Mass Incarceration, The 1619 Project, Youth Offender...... Read more.

Examining Perception, Fear, And Bias: How Merced’s Police Department Is Connecting With Carceral State Residents To Foster Accountability, Cultural Empathy, And Restorative Justice
Police abuses caught on camera that result in the death of unarmed citizens of color should rightly...... Read more.

Against The Literary Grain: Abolitionist Ruminations On The Impact Of PEN America’s Prison And Justice Writing Program Upon Carceral Journalism
Since 1922, PEN America has stood at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free...... Read more.

Why Does California’s Incarcerated Black Population Have So Little Access To Culturally Relevant African American Literature Within The State’s More Than Thirty Prison Libraries?
What do Ibram X. Kendi, Mitchell S. Jackson, Jason Reynolds, Terrance Hayes, Randall Horton, and Reginald Dwayne...... Read more.