Rafael Rodriguez grew up in institutions: Foster care, group homes, juvenile detention, Rikers Island, New York State Prison and as of 2007, the federal system. Here's a brief animation from The Marshall Project about how he met a mentor who he says saved his life through art. "Memo taught me how to draw from inside with emotion. I began to understand how oil painting mimics parts of life the same way a single brushstroke can throw an entire painting off," he says.
#MarshallProject
Bobby Bostic teaches writing and mentors incarcerated kids. He matters to them because his story resonates with them. He was in prison for three decades. He tries to inspire them to write for change.
The Marshall Project wrote about him here:
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/10/20/how-i-use-my-story-to-teach-incarcerated-kids-that-writing-matters
More about Bobby:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bostic
Bobby’s new book, “Humbled To The Dust: Still I Rise”:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/198286022-humbled-to-the-dust
#Incarceration #Prison #SchoolToPrisonPipeline #Writing #Author #Mentoring #BobbyBostic #MarshallProject
I can't find the tooted link, but I opened up this article yesterday to read today (as a post blood test reward) and it's beautifully written and heart-breaking. But also shows the power of D&D and TTRPGs to allow people to better understand themselves and offer the chance to grow and learn. It also demonstrates how inhuman prison systems are. What a waste.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/08/31/dungeons-and-dragons-texas-death-row-tdcj
#DandD #TTRPG #DeathRow #MarshallProject #Prisons #Hope #Crime #Fantasy #Community
The #MarshallProject released a searchable database to see what #books are banned in 18 different state #prisons. You'll find dangerous tomes like a #HarryPotter coloring book; a how-to guide on hydroponics; all kinds of atlases, street maps, and orienteering guides; and of course the ever evil Dungeons and Dragons guides - and that's just in #Florida.
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/12/21/prison-banned-books-list-find-your-state
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2022/02/01/they-went-to-prison-as-kids-now-they-re-on-death-row
#kidsinprison #prisons #deathrow
#deathpenalty #TerenceAndrus
#MarshallProject
There s a petition and when I find it, I'll post it
Framed for Murder by His Own DNA
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2018/04/19/framed-for-murder-by-his-own-dna
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