I visited the Federal Correctional Institution in Aliceville, Alabama in July. Miss Alice Johnson had recently been released from there after Donald Trump commuted her sentence, and the […]

On Sequarier McCoy’s vision board, where she pins her dreams as well as visual depictions of who she is and wants to become, there’s a picture of open […]

Part 2: Susan Burton’s Prison Book Tour: Wrightsville-Hawkins Men’s Unit, Arkansas While I was in Arkansas I visited the men’s side of the Wrightsville-Hawkins Unit, where they also […]

Part 1: Susan Burton’s Prison Book Tour: McPherson & Wrightsville-Hawkins Units, Arkansas My interest in visiting Arkansas came after a woman named Colleen wrote to me about her […]

Susan Burton’s Prison Book Tour: Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women, Black Mountain, NC Earlier this month, I visited over 400 women at Swannanoa Correctional Center for Women in […]

‘This is what public safety looks like’: Survivors Speak 2018 Survivors Speak California is an annual convention where hundreds of crime survivors from across California gather at the […]

Susan Burton’s Book Tour: Louisiana Correctional Institute for Women & Elayn Hunt Correctional Facility, Louisiana I recently visited two prisons in Louisiana, where I had an opportunity to […]

I recently returned from Albany where I visited with a group of 20 women who were in a drug rehab program at Albany County Correctional Facility, along with […]

  Susan Burton’s Book Tour: Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, Chicago This blog posting is part of an ongoing series following our founder Susan Burton as she tours prisons, […]

Susan Burton’s Book Tour: Denver County Jail This blog posting is part of an ongoing series following our founder Susan Burton as she tours prisons, jails and re-entry […]