At the tail end of the Summer of 2018, I read about the National Prison Strike. It didn't make headlines in the national news but it was a story I found intriguing. I reached out to Jailhouse Lawyers Speak (the organizing force behind the strike) and was connected to their spokesperson who answered all of my questions about the hopes, organizing and intentions of the organizing group, all of whom are currently incarcerated. My discussion with Aman Sawari fueled a year-long investigation into the prison system in the U.S. and abroad. The original intention was to compile these stories into a nicely curated printed publication but when civil rights protest broke out in the U.S. and abroad this June, I decided to make these stories freely accessible. My hope is that these collected stories and research will help us continue the important conversations we started this Summer, and even more importantly, I hope it will empower more people to get out and do the work!
