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See Leilani Koko Kalea (center) RISE Facilitators: Left Tomas Amaya & Michael Kelley, Supported by Andrew Matthew, & Rob P RISE...

He was a condemned man, tucked away in a dark corner of Richard J. Donovan Prison , sealed behind concrete, steel doors, and heavy locks....

Beyond the gates and razor wire lies a world most will never see, where love survives on minutes, vending machine meals, and the sound of a door unlocking. This is what it means to visit someone you love in prison, and why people keep going back

Hurt people hurt people. This simple truth sits at the root of so much violence, addiction, and despair in our communities. When trauma...

On the outside, it might be easy to label a man by his mistakes. To reduce a life to a series of headlines and criminal charges. But when...

In California, 37% of the prison population has serious mental health needs, over 50% of people in county jails face mental illness, and...

When we chose the name From Bars to Brilliance: The Healing Collective , we weren’t just being poetic. We were telling the truth....