🔥 from DC Justice Lab’s Patrice Sulton:

“True safety requires a commitment to balanced, evidence-based, robustly funded policies that address the underlying causes of crime and ensure equitable justice for all.“

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I'm excited to see our new mentor Kwaneta Harris and her mentees put out their first piece with the writers development program. Lots more to come from these brilliant women currently living in solitary in Texas. Deborah Zalesne

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'Prison has robbed my three children of 17 years of Mother’s Day. But this year, Mother’s Day gifts started arriving two months early.' #MothersDay

Read more from Kwaneta Harris for The Appeal 👇🏼
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Read our powerful Mother’s Day series from three incarcerated writers in Texas.

Ahead of Mother's Day, three incarcerated moms in Texas reflect on motherhood, the pain of family separation and loss, and the resilience they practice behind bars. Check out the series here: theappeal.org/tag/mothers-da…

'I experienced my first childbirth while I was in county jail.

When the police officers told me the hospital would allow me only 72 hours with my child, I felt a wave of determination. I knew in my soul I had to fight for that smell and touch of my baby.' theappeal.org/lanae-tipton-m…

Ahead of Mother's Day, three incarcerated moms in Texas reflect on motherhood, the pain of family separation and loss, and the resilience they practice behind bars. Check out the series here: theappeal.org/tag/mothers-da…

For Mother's Day weekend, we hope you take some time to read these three accounts of motherhood from Texas prison published by The Appeal.

From Kwaneta Harris: 'If I protect and guide someone else’s child in here, maybe someone will do mine out there.'

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'Legislation like Secure D.C. is little more than a performative illusion designed to distract constituents who are rightly frustrated by the punitive status quo’s inability to bring true safety to their communities.' theappeal.org/secure-dc-crim…

This heartbreaking, brave piece in The Appeal from Marissa Leanne Potts, an incarcerated mother, is a necessary read this Mother's Day. In Texas, 80% of incarcerated people are parents of children under the age of 18. They need their parents home.

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Sending love to Kwaneta, Lanae, and Marissa, three women in my writing group who are all living in solitary confinement (see first three pieces). So proud of them and their incredibly powerful Mother’s Day stories. They are such strong women. 💕 theappeal.org/kwaneta-harris…

'I Refuse to Celebrate Mother’s Day Until We Are Together Again.' theappeal.org/lanae-tipton-m…

Read our series of Mother's Day stories from three brilliant incarcerated writers.

Today we're lucky to publish three powerful pieces by women incarcerated in Texas.

Marissa Potts writes about losing her child to abuse.

'While I was attempting to get us out, he hit my 3-year-old daughter Elena—an attack that eventually killed her. theappeal.org/mothers-day-el…

In The Appeal, an account of pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood while incarcerated by Lanae Tipton. 'I had to engrave the next 72 hours into my memory without forgetting the smallest detail.' theappeal.org/lanae-tipton-m…

Read our series of Mother's Day stories from three brilliant incarcerated writers.

After a police corruption scandal rocked the small town of Leyden, Massachusetts, residents responded by mounting a successful good-governance reform movement. It’s a model they say other towns can follow. by Dusty Christensen in partnership w/ The Shoestring: theappeal.org/leyden-massach…

What corporations don’t want you to know about theft and the great property crime panic theappeal.org/corporations-p…