Tracey Williams-Dillard, publisher of the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, spoke to inmates at the Stillwater prison about her family’s 90-year legacy, and how the MSR newspaper has helped to give a voice to the voiceless.
Kevin Reese
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Attending law school from behind prison bars
Currently, the Legal Revolution supports five students who are incarcerated in Shakopee earning their paralegal degrees at North Hennepin Community College.
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Lights in the City
In the spirit of the season, I want to take a moment to highlight some of the lights in the city, and how the work they do is sometimes invisible.
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Enlightened leadership opens new possibilities
The beautiful thing about history is that it always is being written.
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The DOC’s mission on paper is something else entirely in practice
A monthly column in which various contributors from both sides of prison walls explore common ground for effecting change. Just days after the U.S. Senate voted on a criminal justice reform bill that that is giving a much-needed push to de-incarcerate this nation’s prisons and jails, I find myself holding out hope on what it […]
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The power of art for healing and rehabilitation
As is often our practice, I invited Kevin into the space with me and he was able to participate by phone in the panel, which focused on Art as Healing, Justice, and Peace. We were joined by writing instructors and advocates in a conversation about art and its liberating role in our system of incarceration.
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Stillwater prison conditions are perpetuating pain
Although the Department of Corrections has said it has returned to “modified operations” at the Stillwater prison, family members report hearing from their incarcerated family of still very restricted activity and limited access to nutrition, rehabilitative programs, and the social interaction that promotes overall wellbeing.
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The value of living and working our dreams
I would like to urge everyone to take a moment and ask yourselves if you are living and working in your dreams. If so, how do you promote that liberation to others?
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Why I organize
A biweekly column in which various contributors from both sides of prison walls explore common ground for effecting change. I organize because I have to. I organize because I believe that we are much more powerful together than we can ever be apart. I organize because I believe that individual power can change a moment, […]