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Prisons are designed to isolate, break social ties, and destroy communities. Yet, people fight hard to keep relationships going across prison walls, and through all the crises that prisons manufacture. Episode 30 is Part Two of a multi-episode series on relating across prison walls. The series features conversations with friends inside prison, people who have been released, and people who have been doing direct support to prisoners for decades, about the barriers to connection that prisons create and the ways people stay connected despite them. This episode focuses on building and maintaining new relationships between people inside and outside.
Share this Episode with Friends Inside
Interested in sharing this episode with friends inside? Some people might be able to find our podcast on their Kiosk system, but for those who can’t we suggest printing the transcript and mailing it in. Here it is in a format that takes up less pages to make printing cheaper and get through page limits:
8 page (smaller font) .pdf / 12-page (larger font) .pdf
Share the transcript of the first episode of “Love and Relationships Across Prison Walls,” too.
Watch the Videos
You can watch the videos of Part 1 and Part 2 on my Youtube channel. They’re kind of like mini-documentaries for you to use at community events: screen them and get people together to write letters after. This can be a great way to build community around abolitionism and liberation on your campus or in your local community.
Free Copies of Love in a F*cked Up World for People Inside Prisons
Anyone on the outside can request a free copy of Love in a F*cked Up World (the book) for someone inside prison by filling out this form or submitting a request via the contact form on my website. Anyone inside can request a free copy by writing to 1977 Books, 1468 Woodley Road, Montgomery, AL 36106.
Become a Penpal
One of our hopes for making this episode is that more people will become penpals to prisoners. If you’re interested in becoming a penpal, find a chapter of Black and Pink near you, or check out other penpal programs:
Links and Resources for this Episode
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