Guest Writer Wilfred Hudson Saving money in prison is difficult, but it is an important way for a person to have some financial security when he is released. Having a…
Guest Writer Cyrus Trevino What reasons do the incarcerated population in Minnesota have to stay on the right path while doing their time, if there is no hope for early…
By pooG Da Bleed God I find myself in my cell cutting my right arm. After the first cut, I cut it again and then I cut again. I’m worried.…
By Eduardo Morales When people go to prison, one of the first things we learn is to "do your time." When you are sentenced, your time alive as a human…
by Jamil Eason The stark reality is that the penal system's communications infrastructure wasn't designed to allow incarcerated people easy access to the communities they have been removed from. How…
Guest Writer Brok Junkermeier From the outside looking in, prison life holds multiple views and stereotypes. Movies like "Desperate Measures" and TV shows like "Locked Up: Raw" are exaggerated. Movies…
Pierre Young Arts and Entertainment Editor On a surprise visit to the Twin Cities on the morning of October 22nd, Vice President Kamala Harris came to Metro State University, where…
Guest Writer Kamili Matata As crime rates continually rise, one of the many questions that is continued to be asked is how many of these crimes are perpetrated by repeat…
Guest Writer L. Vernardo This is a story about Minnesota prisoners and how their connection to the outside world is very limited. The phone system and JPay kiosk [a computer…
By Richard Johnson U.S. Congress in December 2020 passed a Stimulus Bill, inside this Bill contained a provision to Restores the Federal Pell Grant program for incarcerated inmates in county…