2C2S LWOP Walk For Life Walk-a-thon: A Journey of Redemption and Giving Back
October 16, 2024 – I never imagined that a small act of giving—a $10 donation to Shriners…
Carceral Career Opportunities: California’s Department of Health Care Services Is Now Training Incarcerated Mentors to Sit for the Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification Exam
By Ghostwrite Mike & The Mundo Press Peer Support Specialists (PSS) are commonly employed by healthcare, social…
From Life Prisoner to MFA Teaching Associate at California State University: The Emancipation of Benjamin Frandsen
Featured image: photo courtesy of Benjamin Frandsen Today he is in a taekwondo class, after which he…
Vanguard News and Ben Free Project Announce Outside-In Carceral Media Partnership Empowering Incarcerated Journalists
Featured image: Fellowship winners Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press When Benjamin Frandsen paroled from Valley State…
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…
The Problem with Adult Education Behind Bars: ESL Students Are Being Left Behind
By Ghostwrite Mike and The Mundo Press CHOWCHILLA, CA – At Valley State Prison (VSP), Associate’s and…
“My dinner was two spoonfuls of rice, beans, peas, carrots and casserole” – COVID-19 Stories from CDCR’s Valley State Prison
By Jaskiran Soomal This report is written by the Covid In-Custody Project — an independent journalism project that partners…
